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Chinese manufactures are making cars that literally jump over potholes.. And I think they're in production.
Whereas, Elon demos something that will never go to production, is totally useless, and is basically a falling car..
Tesla are so far behind at this point. I bet even the cheap chinese cars don't leak in their boot
Bose made a suspension that could nullify potholes and jump over small obstacles over 20 years ago.
Yeah, Active Suspension. Unfortunately, never went to production though, apparently because of complexity I think.
The BYD is in production though
China is living in the future, and the best that Elon can do is a shitty demo that would blow you up in a car crash, and which will never be feasible to produce.
Guess which one got attention though?
I have a BYD Dolphin and it is so much better and I can order parts unlike a tesla lol
And the boot doesn't leak.
I've been looking at EVs, and at least here in Australia, I can't see any legit reasons to pick a Tesla over byd at the moment
My biggest issue though with both is that neither offer a ev designed for 4wd /rough terrain yet (which is why I'm looking trailseeker).
However, it's more likely byd will get there first.
And yeah, I'm not waiting for this stupid once off flying car thing as an alternative. It was never intended to be production and would never work in a production car (it's like elons "hyperloop", yet another overpromise underdeliver)
Depends on what you mean by rough terrain. My country has a lot of unpaved roads and it works on them just fine but I wouldn't go off-roading it it. It is also pretty much always sunny and doesn't rain a lot here so the dirt roads stay in ok condition.
I was told for the sealion 7 that the batteries are mounted at the bottom and they've had people with punctured batteries. I've heard the same thing for Tesla too.
Byd will likely have cars suitable for those environments long before Tesla though.
To me, the flying car was really a vote against looking at Tesla and reminds me of all the other overpromising Elon has done anyway, especially when byd has a working jumping car already
Yeah, although I don't know about puncturing the battery so much as destroying the rest of the stuff under there. The battery is armored and isn't supposed to catch fire because of its chemistry. I drive it on paved roads and really compacted dirt roads but definitely avoid potholes and sand. The Atto 3 has higher clearance but it wasn't available when I bought my car and is still RWD now AWD which is a bummer.
I'm just repeating what I'm told unfortunately.
And yeah, my next car I want to be an EV. An EV jimny would be perfect, but I doubt they'd ever exist