China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach

Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by rsj_hn on Saturday March 13, 2021 @04:54AM (#26445425)

Ahh, so the special regs only apply to 2 strokes? I thought they were based on displacement

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Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by foepys on Saturday March 13, 2021 @07:36AM (#26446155)

They're also valid for 4 strokes but generally speaking 4-strokes have lower torque at high rpm and since it's hard to get much power out of 50ccm anyways, they tend to be 2-stroke.

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Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by rsj_hn on Sunday March 14, 2021 @06:08AM (#26454056)

I remember Honda made waves with low displacement four stroke engines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CB50 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Super_Cub

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Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by numpad0 on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:22PM (#26448055)

I think he’s talking inherent technical limitations, not regulations. I wonder if it still applies if there was a pre-burning occurring in the middle of intake manifolds

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