G. David Felt

Very cool, seems Chinese EVs are here being compared by American companies so that hopefully we do not fall too far behind.

A Xiaomi EV was spotted in America, and a US maker might be behind it

Kia just showed off in Brussels their Global release of the EV3, EV4, and EV5 GT editions. Full details are here.

Kia electrifies Brussels Motor Show with three new GT models: EV3, EV4 and EV5 | Releases | Official Media Site NEWSROOM

Hyundai Reported Sales

I find it funny that the Mayor and other politicians are begging Canadians to return to Vegas, but Mexico has won out, so I do not see them returning and the amount of visitors to Vegas has dropped to levels from 2000 to 2003. Billions lost and deserved based on the stupidity of the U.S.
Canadian airlines are abandoning Las Vegas at levels not seen since 2006

OUCH so happy this is blowing up in the idiot administrations face.

Don Lemon’s arrest turned into a MAGA misfire

Oops, welcome to Idiot47 Tariff party GM, want to reduce employees and shifts, then a refund is required to the canadian people.

GM took the money, now Canada wants payback

Personally I think GM is too late to the Hybrid party and rather than spend and write off all the billions of dollars on their EVs that are actually selling well, they should have stayed the course and not followed Stupid Ford and Idiot47.

GM has a 'handful of hybrids' coming - but are they the ones you want?

I do not see GM actually doing well in this space as they are already too far behind.

Spot on read!

Cormac Moore: The parallel paths of Trump and Hitler can no longer be ignored

Interesting watch

This is a Good Review of the Chinese EV and why American auto industry is Dead Man Walking. American stupidity just does not understand that competition from others have already surpassed the U.S. and no amount of Taxation on U.S. citizens is going to allow the industry to catch up. Idiot47 has truly screwed this country in going backwards as he criminally abuses the highest office in this country for his own gain.

QUOTE: Chinese EV makers such as Xiaomi, BYD and Geely have earned global accolades because their cars deliver longer battery ranges and deeply integrated digital platforms. We’re talking software that feels smooth like a brand new smartphone, not a screen you have to jab five times to load a map. Plus, they often cost tens of thousands of dollars less than Western competitors. In Europe and Mexico, they’re blowing past Tesla and other EV rivals.

“The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told me in an interview last year. “There’s no real competition from Tesla, GM or Ford with what we’ve seen from China.” Even Farley, after driving a Xiaomi SU7, said he didn’t want to part with it.

I test drove a Chinese EV. Now I don’t want to buy American cars anymore.

WOW, Idiot47 is so terrible.

Canadians strike back on Trump as breakup plot emerges

AI Collapse is going to be interesting as people avoid AI.

Microsoft’s $440 billion wipeout, and investors angry about OpenAI’s debt, explained

Spot on how far EVs have come and why fear of winter on the battery pack is so over blown for well made EVs.

Modern EVs do what was nearly impossible a decade ago

Gotta love these tests that prove the folks saying EVs are expensive fails wrong.

Four-year torture test on a VW EV just rewrote what high-mileage battery means

4 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

I don't know why anybody would want to buy a Chinese automobile.

You have the Ford CEO stating how superior their software and driving dynamics are compared to their own EVs. Clearly the rest of the world is happy with driving them even if China is spying on them via the auto.

Hard to deny he feelings / thoughts on the Chinese EV.

Ford CEO Farley Praises His Chinese EV, Says 'I Don't Want To Give It Up'

7 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

I could justify it for under 30k. I'm sure it's still a "good" vehicle, just nothing worthy of full MSRP in the 60-70k range. But, even at 29k, I still wouldn't be too thrilled about 230 miles of range, because in the winter it'll be nearly cut in half. 

Yes, VW EVs do not have a well-regulated battery pack. I feel they rushed it and did not do the R&D to test the build a proper battery pack that would have minimal degradation.

On 1/20/2026 at 6:13 PM, oldshurst442 said:

Chinese EVs now entering the Canadian market will heat things up with all manufacturers. Competition will be fierce. And the Chinese EV makers now have both the north and south sandwiching and squeezing the detroit makers.  And we know this because of how the Chinese EV makers have made the competition in Europe fierce. While BMW is currently doing good with their EV sales in Europe, they cant slip up and lose any battles.   VAG is also holding on quite well with EVs, but they too cant slip up.  Mercedes and Stellantis are not doing well EV wise.  

The way things are playing out in the usa though, if gm, ford and chrysler continue to allow the trump administration to d!c-k  around and sink EV policies to non-existence and they in turn allow themselves to delay EV development and to delay to offer compelling EVs  all three detroit area manufacturers will sink to oblivion. And that includes gm regardless if the 2nd generation of ultium would be of equal technology to the Chinese. Ultium 2.0 will not be of equal relevance...    And PRICE is a HUGE component when talking about technology development  and relevance...   

South Americans where Chinese EVs are sold have already forgotten about american car makers and the same will happen to the Canadian market. Especially the way trump continues to antagonize Canada...  Canadians are already hating on americans and boycotting american products.   

European car makers with their EVs in the usa market will have to adjust.  But European car makers sell expensive  EVs and americans are going down a path to where they will be waiting in line for bread like the way Russians were doing up until the 1980s and ronald reagan was poking fun at them when Gorbachev was dictator. 

This will be a nail in the American Auto industry Coffin with China willing to build EVs in Canada.

Chinese EVs in Canada will force Detroit automakers to change course

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2026/01/25/chinese-evs-canada-detroit-automakers/88283781007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z114033p118050n00----c00----u003033d00----v114033&gca-ft=72&gca-ds=sophi

Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-electric-car-china-tariffs-trump-united-states-9.7049950

China Is Ready To Start Building Cars In Canada

https://www.carscoops.com/2026/01/canada-chinese-ev-deal-tariffs/#:~:text=Despite those concerns%2C Chinese Ambassador,Youtube/ Whitehouse

End result is that America will lose market share and lose another country that heavily supported the U.S. due to Incompetence by American Business.

7 hours ago, ccap41 said:

This thing was a bust before any tariffs. It has abysmal range, not enough real storage that minivan buyers want, it tried to be too much of a throwback without adding true minivan capabilities, and it was priced far too high for what it offered. 230 miles of range for something like this is ridiculous. I wanted one once they first showed them, but I wouldn't consider something with that kind of range for 60-70k. Name one reason to buy the VW ID.Buzz over your EV6. Looks..? That's about all it has going for it. 

Had a coworker who just bought one as the VW dealership had the fully loaded ID.Buzz with MSRP of $72,595 marked down to $29K with a butt load of VW discounts and the dealer wanted to get rid of it. He said the same thing you did, but at the price, he thinks it will be an awesome local use auto for the family and kids.

Totally agree that my EV9 is a far better purchase than this for the original prices.

Continued death spiral of America due to incompetence in DC by Idiot47 and his lemmings.
Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, telling Trump he meant what he said at Davos

Every American needs to get ready as this is our future under Idiot47 and his love of Tariffs.
Vintage photos show American life under Trump's tariff hero, William McKinley
 

Idiot47 is going to bankrupt this country the way he has already done it 7 times since he is so stupid.
Trump vows 'big retaliation' as 'sell America' list grows

This is sad as GM will not recover like they think they will nor will Ford. American Auto Industry is set to expire.

GM to end Chevy Bolt EV production next year, move China-made Buick to US factory

Anyone who doubts the U.S. is about to crash does not understand how the Russian Agent Idiot47 has increased debt to give the 1% class everything before this country implodes.

‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the US economy itself, watchdog warns

17 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

why are you surprised by this?

Havent you been listening to trump's threats towards Canada?

And no...those words that he used a YEAR ago were not jokes...

And for CONTINUALLY threatening Canada's sovereignty and economic well being for 12 months STRAIGHT...

Common man!!!

Not surprised by this as much as just sadden that we have fallen down to be such trailer trash bottom of the garbage bin due to an Idiot that almost 51% of idiot illiterate Americans put in office. Sadly with only a 7th grade level of reading, it was only time before a Russian agent / Pedo / Criminal would get put into the highest office in the land by idiot Americans.

As a well-educated individual, I just never thought I would see the day that a friendly neighbor would have to plan for war against us.

Safety experts and tech critics have long condemned the Ring devices for security risks and privacy violations, not to mention their role in building the largest civilian surveillance network in US history. Last summer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that Ring was actively eroding civil liberties in the US for profit.

Amazon subsidiary Ring, the company behind those AI doorbell cameras that have exploded in popularity over the last few years. Back in October, Ring announced that its devices would soon be looped into a network of Flock AI surveillance cameras. That network, an investigation by 404 Media found, has been available to local and federal police and enforcement agencies like ICE — leaving many worried that their Ring doorbell cams are now feeding into a government panopticon.

Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System

If you have RING, time to rethink who you use for video surveillance.

WOW, I never thought I would ever see this kind of thing!
Canada 'preparing for US invasion'

Further proof that Idiot47 and the lemming brigade have no idea how to live within means and now Moron47 wants to pay over 700 billion that the US does not have to buy Greenland.  

Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says

Interesting read.

A Reagan-appointed judge just shot a warning flare up into the night

Disgust

7 minutes ago, oldshurst442 said:

Fair enough.  And very true. 

But the "experts" here in Canada, the business experts and automotive analysts are saying as soon as the news dropped about the trade deals and dropping of tariffs, that Chinese EVs will be here sooner than we think. They do not give a timeline however, but they all agree that these EVs will hit Canadian shores ready for sale in 2026 sometime. 

Now, I agree with you, dealerships are not only necessary for the sales aspects, but for after-sales support and assistance and repair requirements.

Also...and I just thought of this, crash and safety requirements are quite different for the Asian and European markets than it is for our North American market.  What Chinese EVs are really North American market ready???  As I dont think the majority, if not all of the native Chinese EVs have been North American approved...

I would think since they built them to the Euro spec and in some ways, it is more stringent than the US that they could come into Canada with minimal changes needed.