• @Wogi@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    222 days ago

    I can’t count on my fingers the number of automobile manufacturers that have sprung out of thin air in the last few years offering some variation of EV. Two of those you mentioned I had an easier time finding information about their stock than I did finding a picture of their car on the road. Not a good sign for a company that purportedly sells cars. It’s a great sign for a company that just sells stock though.

    • @crazyCat@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      322 days ago

      Search for them in Chinese or China content if you can, those cars and brands are on the roads here in China in high numbers.

    • @Oddbin@lemm.ee
      cake
      link
      fedilink
      122 days ago

      To add to the other commenter that’s already replied. Those three names, whether you know them or not, are very big in China and th Asian Pacific. They’re making entrance into the middle east and eastern Europe along with lucrative markets like Norway. Make no mistake, they are expanding out from china rapidly. BYD is the best example I have to hand, 12 show rooms in the UK in 2023 with an aim for approx 70 by the end off 2024.

      Look at the Wikipedia pages on those three brands for more info, they’re not small companies alone new ones, just relatively new to EVs. But given the date of Ford and Stellantis and the other OEMs, I don’t think existing for a while os a good yardstick to go by. Hell, look at the absolute shit show of Toyota in this arena l.