Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in Chinawww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square233linkfedilinkarrow-up1557arrow-down139
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkTIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in Chinawww.reuters.comWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square233linkfedilink
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·2 days agobad math. Average price does not reflect what people actually buy. Chinese cars abroad are not actually that cheap.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 days agoMost sold Chinese car a few years ago was the Wuling Hongguang, starting at about $5k
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThat is a glorified golf cart, closer to a rascal scooter. it won’t do highway speeds. So why aren’t Americans importing these and paying the 100% tariff? Are they stupid?
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoMost sold model could still be like 3% of total cars sold. There’s a lot of models. It’s interesting but still not a very good stat. Average or median price would be better
minus-squareObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agomode != median
bad math.
Average price does not reflect what people actually buy.
Chinese cars abroad are not actually that cheap.
Most sold Chinese car a few years ago was the Wuling Hongguang, starting at about $5k
That is a glorified golf cart, closer to a rascal scooter. it won’t do highway speeds.
So why aren’t Americans importing these and paying the 100% tariff? Are they stupid?
Most sold model could still be like 3% of total cars sold. There’s a lot of models.
It’s interesting but still not a very good stat. Average or median price would be better
mode != median