"yeah this thing fucking slaps and is cheaper than the average new car in the US OF COURSE they can't sell it here, they'd kill us lmao"
this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
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Really interesting how the rich regularly enjoy all the things they want to "save us" from.
- Foreign products
- walkable cities
- green tech
- progressive culture
But when poor people enjoy it, it's "decadence".
All the tech ghouls sending their children to Montessori schools and imposing limits on screen time shows us exactly how much we should appreciate their contributions to society.
so this asshole gets a special waiver I guess? afaik there is no way to legally drive this vehicle in the USA. please tell me I'm wrong but all I could find was stuff that was 25+ years old so it doesn't need the NTSB crash certification
He's a CEO worth over 70 mill, that's his exemption
registered to the ford company
so this asshole gets a special waiver I guess? afaik there is no way to legally drive this vehicle in the USA.
You think any driving that the Ford CEO does himself is for purpose, or that he drives on public roads that he doesn't own?
please tell me I'm wrong but all I could find was stuff that was 25+ years old so it doesn't need the NTSB crash certification
I mean you can buy one in Mexico if you want to see what happens if you drive one on a public US road, assuming you can drive it back
Well you see, American products are for stinky poor people! I’m sure they don’t mind paying more for less good products! It’s their patriotic duty after all.
The retail price is announced on 28 March 2024, which the standard version costs CNY 215,900 yuan (US$30,408), while Pro and Max version costs 245,900 yuan and 299,900 yuan.
According to Xiaomi, the base SU7 is able to accelerate from 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 5.28 seconds, while the SU7 Max goes from 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 2.78 seconds. Speed is limited to 210 km/h (130 mph) for the base model, and 265 km/h (165 mph) for the SU7 Max.
Xiaomi announced the high-performance variant, the SU7 Ultra. The base trim would be priced at 814,900 yuan (114,200 USD) and would be officially released in March 2025.
The SU7 Ultra can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1.98 seconds and from 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 5.96 seconds, runs the 0–400 m (0.249 mi) in 9.23 seconds, and has a top speed of over 350 km/h (217 mph).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaomi_SU7
Oh, so it's basically a sportscar that costs as much as a Honda fucking Civic. AND IT'S ELECTRIC?
No wonder there's gonna be 200% tariffs on these cars—the last bastion of American manufacturing would fucking collapse in a week if people could buy them at fair market prices. The west is fucking cooked, I swear to god.
Not just autos but consumer gas demand would collapse
Here I am riding my 2006 SUV until it blows up with me inside, when all I want is one of those new BYD hybrids that go like over 2000km on a single tank+battery charge and only cost like $15k new. I hate it here
Maybe he’s anticipating a job offer from Xiaomi. Not that their cars aren’t better, I just can’t imagine one of these guys taking joy in anything that isn’t hoarding wealth or causing suffering.
Hope Xiaomi has the wisdom to reconsider.
Also the wisdom to just let me root this fucking phone, I hate preinstalled software and forced ecosystems AAAAA
Collecting cars is famously a rich guy thing
Knowing they gain access to things they don't allow the poors to have access too probably counts as "causing suffering" so this counts.
Could this be America’s Gorbachev Pizza Hut moment?