To the Banmobile! Huawei inks deal to create global high-end automotive brand With its telecoms and consumer electronics businesses prevented from addressing rich overseas markets, Huawei has set itself on the road to a new industry: electric cars. News of the Chinese giant's intention to hit the road emerged in a Wednesday post by battery-maker CATL to Tencent's WhatsApp-like qq.com messaging service …
None of the abovementioned current or aspiring automakers have as much junk in the trunk as Huawei, which is regarded with such suspicion that the US is paying local carriers billions to remove its telecoms equipment. Many other nations have barred it from selling its comms wares within their borders.
Worth observing that that was only on instigation of the US bullying other nations into compliance with their idea to protect US technology providers. There is still, to this date, still no credible evidence to support those claims, even GCHQ (who's supposed to know what they're doing) gave Huawei code a pass, and they were not the only investigating agencies to do so.
Many other nations have barred it from selling its comms wares within their borders.
I live in a 5-Eyes nation and two of our major mobile networks use Huawei kit almost exclusively.
In fact, if I sign up for a new internet connection any one of the ISP's I deal with will send me a Huawei router.
"Meanwhile American cars become more of a joke each year."
Even Top Gear liked the Cadillac V series; the new Corvette has been greeted with almost universal acclaim; the Mustangs, while 'only' being a muscle car (no aspirations of handling) they are also well regarded within that realm; etc, etc.
Some cars are crap, some cars could be good but are held back by the nickel-and-diming of the interior parts by idiotic, no-name accountants...and some are great. You know, just like many other nation's products in a variety of market segments.
Why, why, why, do you KEEP forwarding nothing more than [some level of] propaganda, on a variety of fronts, but expect to be taken seriously?? Usually I don't say such things, but after reading many of your comments (and the downvotes they usually get), it appears as if you are nothing more than El Reg's resident Troll.
A lot of both American cars and subassemblies for American cars are made in China.
As for all those Corvettes, Caddies and Mustangs, I live in a relatively prosperous part of California where there are a lot of new cars. New specimens of these marques are a bit thin on the ground. The most popular marques seem to be the Japanese luxury brands (plus the usual Mercedes, Audi etc) and Japanese and Korean mass market vehicles. And Teslas. So many Teslas (and now other electric vehicles and hybrids -- if you want to find a common Chevrolet, try a Bolt. 's OK but the BMW is a lot better and competitively priced). The 'merkan manufacturers make their real money from trucks and hulking great SUVs, they've just about abandoned the sedan market.
I just visited a friend who owns a Buick Verano. What a beautiful little car...which, of course, is why GM discontinued it :p
I looked up reviewe reviews for it and it got almost universal acclaim, and frankly it deserved it. The interior is high quality and very comfortable, and the ride is stunningly smooth and quiet for a compact car. What a winner they had there, but of course that's too much to ask from the GM beancounters.
So, yes, America can do great cars (ok, it's an Opel!) when they want to. That is, when car guys make cars and keep the accountants locked up where they belong.
As the A/C of the comment you're replying to I suspect you have a problem with aiming your cursor or choosing what you reply to, and a problem with understanding what an A/C posting does - it may come as a shock to you but the A/C tag may actually represent lots of different people.
I made an observation about Huawei, not about American cars.
So go and improve your aim first, and then we can talk. Maybe.
"Sorry, Control, still stuck in traffic on the M25. No spy updates at present."
Meanwhile, driver in the adjacent car, phone held up to his face... "Oh no, that's one of those SUSPICIOUS Huawei cars... I'll ring you back later."
Helicopters, because you'll never be alone in a Huawei car!
I do not know if and to what extent Chinese companies would be able to control their components remotely or whether is has been configured to transfer information.
However, it would be a perfect ploy to build that in so it can be used to keep the USA (and other western nations) from interfering with the annexation of Taiwan.
"Recall your Navy or we'll cripple your countries by disabling cars, utility services, telecommunications, medical appliances, and so forth."
Of course, they could already achieve a popular revolt simply by robbing the people of "their" TikTok-access, but that's for another topic.
The "West" is not the world.
Much of Africa, Asia and South America don't give two craps about the US's views on China, in fact many will go to China BECAUSE it's NOT the USA or former colonial countries.
So add in the huge domestic market, that us one massive potential user base.
As if China is a saviour of some sort? China froths at the mouth at an opportunity to pull off some good old economic colonialism. As a commenter pointed out above, it'll end up costing them on the long run if they choose to stray out of the China herd.
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