This looks better to me: https://www.tesla.com/roadster

I can buy a Chinese EV, I can't buy that, and the Chinese companies aren't controlled by a manchild that argues with other companies on Twitter (e.g. removing Disney+ after arguing with the Disney CEO)

> and the Chinese companies aren't controlled by a manchild

They're controlled by the CCP which does far worse things...

Sure, but no actions that affected me as a customer.

(and CCP is always involved in some way anyway, no matter what you pick, some part always comes from China or invested/owned by.)

Tesla is introducing CATL's battery production line.

So can I say Tesla will be controlled by CCP as well?

Tesla is bringing LFP battery production in the US. They have been manufacturing other battery types for a very long time.

So you can say they're doing a lot more then competitors to onshore production.

It's a shame the only companies with LFP expertise are in China, so they have to get the know how from them and production equipment at least initially.

Similar thing to how silk ended up in the byzantine empire.

So no, it bears no relation. CATL is a chinese company, controlled like everything else by CCP, Tesla is a western company, controlled by stockholders.

The difference is that you can buy Chinese EVs.

You only saw renderings in this article. "Unveils", preorders all sold out, not a single REAL picture of video clip. Even the promotional movie is all cgi.

> "Unveils", preorders all sold out..

This is about SU7, not the 'Ultra'. SU7 is very much real.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iM1J_HdHE

Yes, but given the fact that other chinese EV cars are very competitive in the markets where they are sold, with satisfied consumers, and given the fact that Xiaomi is a pretty decent company with a good record, I don't think your skepticism is warranted.

Let's not forget that law in China is draconian and the communist government always enjoy the opportunity to jail executives and I don't think a company like Xiaomi wouldn't be accepting pre-orders without being pretty sure they will be able to deliver.

I didnt say it doesnt exist at all, just that there is nothing in this article to actually judge actual product by because its all CGI.

Xiaomi is an Apple ripoff company. MIUI, 'one more thing', Mi Box, Router Mini, stores, its all cargo cult 1:1 look and sometimes feel copies.

Xiaomi is also a company that will happily sell you a "10000mAh" powerbank with "5500 mAh" rated capacity.

They also have wildly different safety standards. Remains to be seen if they would be legal in the EU, for example.