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And, a recent tour of one of the Asian powerhouse's vehicle plants has proved this beyond a shadow of a doubt, at least to Honda President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe.

"We have no chance against this," Mibe said upon a visit to a Shanghai parts factory, commenting on its seamless automation across all levels of production. Logistics, procurement and all aspects of the process were so automated, in fact, that he did not spot a single human worker on the supplier's floor.

Ford executives saying even three years ago that China was way ahead of the game

Toyota's CEO has likewise said regarding not just his company, but the industry in general, "unless things change, we will not survive"

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[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 54 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Please keep buying our shitty cars, we won't survive otherwise.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

To be fair to Honda or, here, Toyota…

mostly destroyed yet drivable Toyota Hilux vs. decent condition version - Top Gear

Worth finding a clip if anyone isn’t familiar

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

TBH, Chinese cars are pretty shitty. Their EVs have thermal runaway at an incredibly higher rate. BYDs storage facility just went up because a car sitting there caught fire.

As far as price, yeah it's not competitive when they pay their workers 10% what Western countries do and give them a coffin apartment to stay in. Then steal the IP from other countries so they have nothing in R&D.

Here's their clone of a Taycan, which also finished dead last in reliability tests because people were burning alive in them and crashing because systems would go nuts causing crashes. You enjoy your Chinese EV you saved money on, just keep that shit a mile from my house or "crappy non Chinese car" https://autopostglobal.com/electric-future/article/51496/