Great Wall Motor unveils $9k electric urban car with nearly 200-mile range

Re:Great Wall Motor unveils $9k electric urban car with near... by nine_k on Friday December 28, 2018 @11:29AM (#18777697)

The LEDs themselves likely will last 20 years (though losing some of the brightness). The power electronics that feeds them off 110V (or 220V) is tiny because it has to fit into the lamp's base, cannot be too expensive for pricing reasons, but is still much more complex than the LED crystals. It has a much higher failure rate than the light-emitting parts.

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Re:Great Wall Motor unveils $9k electric urban car with near... by throwawaycanada on Friday December 28, 2018 @11:36AM (#18777745)

I'm sure that electric car manufacturers will have the same things to say when people point to previous claims of extreme longevity.

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Re:Great Wall Motor unveils $9k electric urban car with near... by toomuchtodo on Friday December 28, 2018 @12:37PM (#18778142)

Does that matter if we get off of oil in the interim? It seems the argument should be for continuous improvement in the manufacturing process and a closed loop recycling system for failed components and batteries.

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Re:Great Wall Motor unveils $9k electric urban car with near... by justhelpingout on Friday December 28, 2018 @12:15PM (#18778006)

`let lifetime = max(...components_lifetime)` is like `let size = to_greeklish(base10(hard_drive_capacity))`. Some people don't care, but the people who do care are not going to thank you when they optimize on the basis of the appearance of a promise with an actual performance that is opposed to its appearance.

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