electric powered cars

[_Cathy_]

Iba din feeling if you tried a car with advanced technology.
Parang ayaw mo ng bumalik sa car if wala tong features na nasubukan mong useful.
Before, features such Apple Carplay/AA, 360 camera, ADAS features were only available on TOTL variants.
Once ma try mo na yan but on a non-Jap cars, maghihinayang ka nang bumili ng Jap cars na wala ang features na yan.

Good thing, Jap cars follows suit so naging level yung playing field in terms of features offering.

Here comes the Chinese brands and EVs, they are offering luxury features that are only available in European brands.
I won't be surprised more buyers were entice.
Im sure some of these buyers owned Toyota or Jap cars be it their previous cars of coding cars.
Sa price offering ng Chinese brands, hindi ka na rin lugi sa features at premium materials pa ang interior.

I'm just used to cars with practically no features nga (even the TOTL) LOL

the way i see it,
the premium EVs nowadays are status symbols.
the so-called "because i can".

I never imagined it would go that direction but I agree. Age gap guy told me that he wants to buy an EV e he has so many cars na. Aliw lang kasi siya

[Yatta]

Reliability of PHEVs / Full EVs / HEV in China under 2m PHP spreadsheet

Reliability of PHEVs / Full EVs / HEV in China under 2m PHP - Google Sheets

[boybi]

Age gap guy told me that he wants to buy an EV e he has so many cars na. Aliw lang kasi siya

Once you've driven a good EV, kakatamad na to drive ICE cars.

[carxynogen]

Reliability of PHEVs / Full EVs / HEV in China under 2m PHP spreadsheet

Reliability of PHEVs / Full EVs / HEV in China under 2m PHP - Google Sheets

Grabe na info to, pang press release.

[Miles_on]

I never imagined it would go that direction but I agree. Age gap guy told me that he wants to buy an EV e he has so many cars na. Aliw lang kasi siya

In short, wala nang magawa sa pera niya

[ale828]

Once you've driven a good EV, kakatamad na to drive ICE cars.

This is true.

I always tell anyone who likes to drive cars to test drive an EV and most can easily be converted.

I recently converted a very close friend whos family is a Toyota Loyalist. After his test drive of a BYD, he was sold.
grabe daw the features bakit daw wala ganun sa Toyota. he is getting the BYD next week.

[Yatta]

This is true.

I always tell anyone who likes to drive cars to test drive an EV and most can easily be converted.

I recently converted a very close friend whos family is a Toyota Loyalist. After his test drive of a BYD, he was sold.
grabe daw the features bakit daw wala ganun sa Toyota. he is getting the BYD next week.

Like it or not, doon na talaga papunta.

I'm just wondering though if that ardently anti-EV (whether hybrid or pure electric) local tuner who is also very MAGA thinks about EVs now, given that Elon Musk makes EVs.

[Walter]

My Uncle's former GF just bought an electric car. I was curious because I don't recognize the emblem so I googled it. I assumed it was cheap kasi China car. I was shocked na it costs P4.8M WTF! Xpeng X9. Sana nag Land Cruiser na lang siya

Why? ... Because it's a Toyota? ... Land Cruiser is overrated ...

[_Cathy_]

Why? ... Because it's a Toyota? ... Land Cruiser is overrated ...

Yes

P4.8M is too much of a risk for a China car, but based on the discussion here, China EVs are for people who have too much money.

[_Cathy_]

Proven na talaga. I'm surprised na ang naging market ng CHINESE electric cars are rich car guys? I know a handful na bumili ng BYD, sa bagay they can risk millions, parang toy car lang nila I guess. Yesterday I found out that my Ahya (known him since I was a teen) bought a BYD then today, an FB friend who owns several luxury Euro cars bought a BYD din. What's with that brand ba? Sino dito my BYD? hehe