Are Chinese EV Axles Chopsticks? Thinner Than a Thumb, Causes Wheels to Drop While Moving

In Beijing, a BYD vehicle owner tragically lost control while attempting to drift his BYD Yuan in a bustling district. The vehicle veered into the right-hand guardrail, and both rear wheels were dislodged and flung from the car.
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[@maritzarivera7994]

This government has convinced ppl around the world that the BYD is a great car! What a joke!

[@AGZF1983]

this makes me question how long the 2024 Mini Cooper electric will last since it will be made by Great Wall Motors.

[@user-nq6tn4ll9l]

u lucky u wont see any bad news report from this channel as it is a US brand.@@AGZF1983

[@teardowndan5364]

From what I have heard, the quality of BYD cars within China is significantly worse than export models. China has almost no safety standards nor consumer protections, which is great for manufacturers looking to get rid of their sub-par models. If BYD exported vehicles that spontaneously combusted or lost wheels as often as they do in China, they would get banned for being excessively dangerous even when in new condition.

[@alapaticornell4391]

Tofu it's all fake. Poor and low quality--a facade just like the CCP. 💘 u both 🇹🇼 & 🇺🇦. 🎉

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@teardowndan5364 Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@pvanukoff]

This channel has given me a great perspective on life; whenever I'm feeling down, I just remind myself: At least I don't live in China.

[@Shinobubu]

That's okay China is going to import China into your region just you wait!

[@Spoopball]

Ya, whenever people protest or talk about how it's so hard to live in America, I turn on this youtibe page and thank God I hit the cosmic jackpot and get to be a lazy jackass in america

[@Dreamer10888]

I hope you live in Gaza

[@user-nq6tn4ll9l]

cause they dont observe ur country otherwise u will find ur country more miserable then China.

[@kamsunleong6648]

This channel tells you what you want to hear. It's a sure proof way of getting more views. The more negative the more views. Dont be gullible.

[@breveth]

I had an old car. I drove it until the wheels came off. Metaphorically. BYD is selling that as a feature on new vehicles...

[@alapaticornell4391]

New EV features Egg shell car axle😢 Tofu

[@RT-qd8yl]

I miss old cars.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@alapaticornell4391 Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@breveth]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk I'm sorry that you misunderstand how aircraft maintenance and rotation work. But poking at a subject that's irrelevant, does nothing. You Wu Mao need to do better! This is the same F35 that first world countries would love to buy. How is that J20 doing? No one wants that piece of Temu garbage...

[@humbleindian6303]

what more can you expect from communist cars

[@jackhydrazine1376]

Tofu dreg engineering for cars!

[@Dreamer10888]

Better than burgers and kfc

@@Dreamer10888 Hate speech reported

[@humbleindian6303]

what more can you expect from communist cars

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

LOL Don't you think this KZbin is not hate speech as well? the USA talks about freedom of speech but reported opinions that don't go on their wish list, just like the other 2 Boeing whistle blowers. After the Iraqi WMD, who will trust the USA?

[@animusadvertere3371]

They should sell them on Temu

[@Skay24]

Don't give them any ideas...🤣

[@humbleindian6303]

what more can you expect from communist cars

[@QuantumChrist]

With free shipping

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@Skay24 LOL you are so rich, dont want to buy goods from Temu but living from cheques to cheques while ExxonMobil has sucked your bloods as it has recorded its highest net profit in human history. Don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@kirkslayden834]

​​@@QuantumChristyes I buy one for cheap hahaha hahaha 😝

[@social3ngin33rin]

People say BYD stands for Buy You Die

[@mah7961]

It’s death trap on wheels

[@michealconteh5506]

Dope comment

[@Direkin]

Or Burn Your Dollars.

[@ducvu7516]

Buying your death.

[@youknownothing3766]

Break your dik...

[@SquirrelOnIce]

Here in Malaysia, Chery just recalled 600 cars after an incident where the rear axle of one of their cars just fell off cleanly from the vehicle, and showed clearly that the axle was welded to the body merely by 2 point welds.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

That's better than Boeing. The USA was the inventor of airplanes, but they still don't know how to stick windows to the airplanes. This is the same as the Nasa outer space program. How come 15 Astronauts and 4 cosmonauts were dead in the Nasa program? It creates the same rockets and they have failed many times.

[@kirkslayden834]

They must have outsource their axles to China yes it had to be hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha 😜😳

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@kirkslayden834 yeah the same as the world were laughing when suddenly a window blew up in a flying Boeing. Did the Boeing only put bulldog clips on each window?

[@Southernstar-RINO]

I seen that, just spot wielded in place. Like we do in the west to hold it in place for a real wield. But these guys stop at the spot wield. Like tack wield.

[@Fallen21Angel]

I saw that news 2 days before!!! The news said that the owner of that car is a female right!!???

[@Bob-zl9gk]

This goes way beyond BYD. Chinese companies ALWAYS begin to look for ways to cut corners as soon as they have a product that sells well or, in the case of a component supplier, as soon as a long term contract is signed. There is no pride of workmanship or product quality left in China due to decades of corruption being in place to avoid regulations and/or consequences.

[@luke144]

BYD is exceptionally bad even with Chinese standards. You would have to be crazy to buy a MADE IN CHINA vehicle.

[@humbleindian6303]

what more can you expect from communist cars

[@joerudnik9290]

There is quality decline, especially in Chinese goods!!

[@dnyce3506]

You said Chinese they always cut corners to save a 💵 😮😢

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@dnyce3506 LOL who will trust the USA lies after the Iraqi WMD?

[@midimusicforever]

Never drive a Chinese car. Or even close to one!

[@antoniomargallo5317]

If there's two parking spaces, I'm not parking next to an EV, little less to a Chinese one. My classic Bavarian petrol L6 doesn't deserves to go off because of some self sustaining battery fire next to it.

[@Ezekiel903]

never drive an EV, watch what you need for 1 battery Lithium brines contain about 0.14% lithium, so it takes about 20,000 pounds of brines to yield 30 pounds of pure lithium. Cobalt with an ore grade of ~0.1% means approximately 60,000 pounds of ore will be excavated per battery[e] Nickel with a content of approximately 1.3% represents approximately 10,000 pounds of ore[f] Graphite at ~10% results in 2,000 pounds of ore[g] Copper at ~0.6% yields approximately 12,000 pounds of ore[h] These five elements add up to about 100,000 pounds of ore to make an electric vehicle battery.

[@ballsdeep2520]

​@@Ezekiel903"how dare you?" Greta

[@kamsunleong6648]

Cope bruh. EU is super worried about Chinese evs coming to their market. Without imposing higher tariffs their own brands cannot survived. Even Elon Musk said so, with Byd breathing down his neck. He is not laughing anymore.

[@kamsunleong6648]

​@@antoniomargallo5317 Where I am from, there are frequent petrol cars and trucks catching fire on our roads. But I have yet to read or see one for ev. Evs have been on our roads almost 2 now. Chinese models are a common sight these days. Tesla uses Chinese batteries from CATL and BYD because they are the safest ones available.

[@coraltown1]

Driving tofu at 100 kph is not advised.

[@singlefather01]

Why do you have to disrespect tofu?

[@guill90]

Tofu with chopstick suspension.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@guill90 Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@humbleindian6303]

what more can you expect from communist cars

[@guill90]

@MSDGroup-ez6zk Flying tofu with chopsticks wings? Building a new generation jet fighter is way more complex than building a car. So many car quality components can be bought of the shelf, but unscrupulous manufacturers choose to cut corners to safe on money.

[@piotrmajewski5978]

Electric cars are lot heavier than combustion cause of batteries. Shouldn't these axels be a lot more thicker?

[@calladus123]

If you get an SUV....

[@waitawhileexplorer3904]

That's what he said.

[@commieSlayer69]

SUVs are heavy in general. The big difference comes with "long/extended range" models. Using the same axle for both standard and extended range models can save some cost but we know the consequences

[@miguellopez3392]

in the US the average car sold is the same weight at a tesla model Y, Tesla's most popular EV model, the problem is that EVs tend to have more torque so the can subject themselves to forces experienced by sport cars, so they require extra stiffness and strength.

[@humbleindian6303]

what more can you expect from communist cars

[@Gali80f]

This is beyond idiotic. Byd has so much to lose. Why do that? To save 50$???

[@antoniomargallo5317]

Look, 50 bucks a car over a million cars is 50 million dollars. That's no pocket money, it's serious business. But yeah, reputation has no price.

[@Shinobubu]

Government protects them from criticism and scrutiny. thus the cycle continues.

[@tinetannies4637]

Ford made Pintos that burst into flames because they calculated it would be cheaper to pay damages than fix the problem. Toyota paid a $1.2 billion fine in 2014 because they saved a few bucks to not fix a floor mat that lodged the accelerator pedal down. The list goes on. It's not just China.

[@kamsunleong6648]

And you believe they are doing this because this channel said so. Don't be gullible.

[@humbleindian6303]

what more can you expect from communist cars

[@meetjeric]

Beijing, You're Dreaming. you still have long ways to go. fix your corruption first

[@josephramos865]

The appearance................... good!!! The performance................. WORST!!! BUYERS BEWARE!!!! Buy at our own risk!!!

[@amadeusamwater]

Self driving cars probably employ the same level of tech as the AI we hear on KZbin.

[@SillySausage-mq3so]

Also Chinesium is not good metal :(.

[@musicnstuff2910]

Does it happen to be from China?

[@SillySausage-mq3so]

@@musicnstuff2910 Yes only place produced. Indianm metal is much better.

[@musicnstuff2910]

@@SillySausage-mq3so the Chinese are really patriotic huh?

[@someoneanimatesyt]

BYD= Breaking Your Dreams

[@michaelensinger227]

This is what happens when people don’t have access to a functional judicial service. If this were an American company there would be class action lawsuit that put BYD out of business.

[@elihernandez330]

Thank god they don't sell these Chinese brand piles of shit in the US. They sell them in Mexico and those that have bought them in Mexico regret it. They're junk and parts are hard to come by and surprisingly can sometimes cost more than the equivalent parts of a similarly priced car like from chevy, hyundai, or even vw.

[@Ukie88]

BYD=Buy Your Death.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@Ukie88 LOL Don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@roadgeek123]

Not yet. Chinese companies are setting up operations in Mexico so they can import to the US ,bypassing tariffs.

[@OptimusSatanas]

Was just gonna write what roadkgeek123 wrote.

[@elihernandez330]

@@roadgeek123 US legislators already coordinated with mexico on this and mexico has already told chinese companies that tactic won't work. It's old new already.

[@JJ-Toreddie]

An entire standup comedy routine could be made about Chopstick suspension

[@musicnstuff2910]

True lol😂

[@williss1192]

I hear all the time from Chinese citizens how domestic products are the best.

[@zuroniumazuritum1496]

Yea, right. That's why in China the part of social status is to own car of western brand.

[@Michael-yi4mc]

BYD is quantity over quality.

[@Chris.Davies]

Would you rather a BYD car, or Anthrax? Because if you have Anthrax, it can be cured! But there is no cure for a BYD, except to get rid of it! My father once told me, "Never buy something until you need it, and then pay for the highest quality item you can possibly afford. Because the joy of cheap price is long forgotten, while the bitterness of low quality persists for the lifetime of the item." China needs to learn this leasson.

[@justinr9753]

For anyone also wondering, the GWM Tank 300 SUV they showed jumping doesn't appear to be in stock form. Either way, off-road vehicle doesn't mean jump it 6 feet in the air.

[@alapaticornell4391]

Tofu all fake😢

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@alapaticornell4391 Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@joerudnik9290]

I thought that demonstration looked weird!!!🤨🤨🤨

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@alapaticornell4391 Yup BYD is tofu but the USA has bought 1000 BYD electric buses since 2021 and don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@starjadiancloneinvestigato1772]

this unlocked some childhood memories of playing with lego cars and their axles breaking off as I played with them

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@RW-ik6ij]

The wheels falling off is the new safety feature to counter BYD autos from spontaneous combustion! If the cars not running it's not burning.😂😂😂

[@CtrlOptDel]

More & more supermarkets in the UK are replacing their Iveco Daily delivery vans with Maxus (Datong) eDeliver 9 vans. They’re… noticeably creaky.

[@JoeBManco]

Normally when I want to detach a wheel, I have to remove the lug nuts. Nice to see BYD has invented bluetooth wheels.

[@ulikemyname6744]

The the tragedy is that Chinese EV exports are soaring abroad. People are buying cheap Chinese EVs, thinking that they are buying something good given the specs and the reputation that China pushes for itself as a green energy leader. This is happening because the prices of EVs dropped dramatically not just from Chinese subsidies but also from Tesla's price war. The companies started using cheaper materials to cut costs. The vast majority of these companies are not profitable and only saved via subsidies. This artificially make the prices lower on top of the cheaper parts. Then people buy poorly made vehicles with cheap parts and no warranty from the manufacturer whatsoever because that manufacturer not only is a small player from another country but it is unknown if that manufacturer still exists due to the fierce competition

[@russelbrown6275]

Sometimes they have to learn the hard way

[@ulikemyname6744]

@@russelbrown6275 To be honest, there should be a change in how cars are tested.

[@nfuryboss]

It's an EV "coffin"

[@astralclub5964]

They’d never pass US quality control!

[@thanakonpraepanich4284]

@@astralclub5964 They are still OK for UK, AUS and Thailand quality standards. Thousands of them roam the ghetto cities of Paramatta, Port Adelie, Birmingham, Sunderland, Samut Prakarn and Ayutthaya. Since their women popped out ten babies in eight years like clockwork, Chinese EV customers will not run out of customers anytime soon.

[@rogerm4310]

A 4 wheel car that converts into a 2 wheel scooter just doesn't seem to be doing the trick. This shouldn't be on sale in China, let alone the rest of the world where human life is protected by strong consumer law. What a load of rubbish.

[@unsalbulent]

Even old Lada Niva is safer in offroad than BYD.

[@laughitout1331]

Buy Your Death 😂

[@ilkererol1986]

😂 Wow

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@ilkererol1986 Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@mah7961]

The other common acronym is Burn Your Dollars. But since these things are known for spontaneous combustion. The customer is going to burn along with it in literal sense.

[@ilkererol1986]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk why do you write me about this?

[@bdiamond545]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk whataboutism, the comeback of bot scum haha

[@kelvinlim7429]

BYD... Broken Your Dreams!

[@ttt-or7yb]

Bought a bistro set for patio. Within 3 months, it started to rust. Didn't even rain in summer here in SO Cal. In 6 months, the iron on the chair started flaked off piece by piece.

[@GO0SE237]

“When your enemy is doing something stupid, don’t interfere” -some french guy who definitely wasn’t short

[@fenkliew7550]

Wheel detachment for safety enhancement only comes into play in a serious frontal collision when the crushing zone has progressed to reach the wheels to force them to come off and not when it comes off by itself. BYD's claim that the detachment is a safety fearure has made my day with its fine humour.

[@emmapeel8163]

too bad air bags don't add to effective safety measures. 😂

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@bdiamond545]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk whataboutism, the comeback of bot scum haha

[@megacap55]

in Chile ByD is a car being sold a lot and when gets a problem realize they have not after market spare parts and the cost of fix it may even reach the half of car new cost

[@enabrantain9218black]

Made in China. 🤣🤣🤣

[@aaroncruz9181]

How to make 10x profit 101

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

@@aaroncruz9181 If you're not selling in China, sure. But seeing how they're selling cars for pennies on the dollar, no one is making money on these cars.

[@alapaticornell4391]

Stop buying fake Tofu poor quality cars from China😢😢😂😢😢

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@freeman10000]

​@@MSDGroup-ez6zk8964

[@xcel5203]

China Observer is a brilliant channel .

[@peternewman958]

Definitely wouldn’t pass Australian Design Rules and impact testing. As a retired mechanical engineer thats just disgusting economic design work.

[@joanneburford6364]

No way they should be importing this garbage here, think I'll stick with my HSV thx.

[@snapperl]

Don't think I have ever seen an entire Axel come off the car in that fashion, IMPRESSIVE. Maybe they should use more than imitation Elmers glue to keep that stuff attached.

[@antoniomargallo5317]

Only drag cars with huge engines, enormous tires and wheels, and minimal suspension and sway bars. Except from that, never saw it on the road either.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@antoniomargallo5317 Don't forget, the USA has ordered 460 electric buses from BYD and made total of 1000 imported electric buses since 2021. Don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@izwanshaari9854]

Not surprised. In my country there are cases where Chery Omoda 5 rear axle snapped during driving. Seriously WTH?!!

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

This is shameful. Those wheels had a family you know…..

[@irri4662]

It's like BYD is following Boeings quality controls play book .🤣

[@maninscrubdallas8694]

Sabotage. You don’t get it? Someone is getting paid big ones to push….. Boeing has exceeded the expectations, and still does, about 100 years ago. What else can I say? 🕺

[@animejanai4657]

At least BYD whistleblowers aren't mysteriously turned off. Two of Boeing's whistleblowers have been turned off while waiting for their turn to testify in court.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@animejanai4657 yup and the funny thing is Tesla main battery supplier is BYD and don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world. The USA has imported 1000 electric buses from BYD. That is the biggest order in the USA history for electric buses.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk Tesla does not use BYD batteries. They use their own.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

@@animejanai4657 They might well be. It would all get censored in China, so...

[@user-lc8yc4cq5n]

Built-in-obsolescence is just being recognized in China. There is no over-capacity in EV production by Chinese car makers. It's just that the built-in-obsolescence cycle in China is measured in weeks, not years.

[@user-xp7nk9dw8d]

How so ?

[@Java28734]

Chopstick is thicker,it must be a toothpick.😂

[@mgrmln]

Tofu Dreg assembly! I wonder if these dangerous safety shortcuts have made their way onto Volvo/Polestar and the Lotus Eletre now that they are Chinese owned.

[@knewmanmurrell]

Cutting cornerers never not cut corners. Hajajajaha

[@henrycarlson7514]

So Wise , Thank You. also making geofencing and monatering even easier

[@SithLordAnakin]

A whole lot full of unsold cars with the backdropped of sold unfinshed buildings how majestic

[@dcrzygreen806]

A flagship suv for $38,000 US? I’m surprised the car can even move for that money!! What is China doing classifying entry level prices as flagship vehicles? Insane.

[@zenon7094]

You can be gladthat the car does not simply disintegrate when a drop of water falls on it...rice paper actually has this property.

[@dennispangilinan5153]

Did i hear that right? Dolphin, leopard what is this? A ZOO? WTF? LMAO!

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

6:41 - This is the most chinese thing I've ever heard. This has to be a mistranslation because no man has balls that big to say this in front of the press as a CEO. How he managed to fit a wheel barrel under that podium, I'll never know.

[@pvanukoff]

I watched him say that, and I was like "Ok this has to be satire, right?". Jesus.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@pvanukoff Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@pvanukoff]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk I certainly wouldn't know. I'm not in charge of what the US purchases.

[@ianshaver8954]

Does he even know what a car is?

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

@@pvanukoff It's spam. It's in every comment.

[@shudoy9386]

Used to wanting to buy a BYD car but with this video and the recent Cherry problem, not anymore. I'm using Toyota and will continue to choose the brand for the rest of my life.

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

NEVER seen that in any American car. Insane!

[@Zeo--]

BYD stands for Break Your Drive

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

YUP but the USA has bought 1000 BYD electric buses since 2021 and don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@kennethvenezia4400]

That's an off road vehicle? Wow! Well, i guess it's off the road now😂🙀

[@bentullett6068]

Its going to be as unreliable as the vehicle they copied, the Land Rover Defender

[@Rickonytube]

This is what you get for a 10k EV, not only to put your own life in danger, but to others as well

[@scarletblaze]

"Emergency wheel detachment". 🤣

[@elektronischerliebhaber]

The first throw away car, of course made in China. Amazing 😍

[@user-hr3nr8lm2l]

BYD should offer Buy 1 Take 2. Surely their sales will Skyrocket.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

LOL just my curiosity, how could 2/3 of all US F35 can't fly and don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@kirkslayden834]

Oh yeah you're funny

[@900Yugo]

​@@MSDGroup-ez6zk where are the faulty dehumidifiers that Midea refused to recall and provide replacement units? Even though they can catch fire.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@900Yugo remind me of Tesla.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@900Yugo and Boeing. I haven't heard any recall for any single Boeing airplane.

[@F-km1co]

it is truly a sardine can...

[@mah7961]

More like a death trap. Yikes.

[@anthony75509]

BYD Breaking Your Driveshaft 😂

[@laithharky6309]

A great BYD car and driving it is beautiful and comfortable

[@youtuber9758]

Chinese car + Mainland Chinese Driver = Pure Chaos

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

well the USA has imported 1000 electric buses from BYD since 2021. If China is that bad, why Tesla still imports BYD batteries? Can't Americans make them? Or the USA doesn't have know how to create those batteries? Just curiosity, why the USA has bought F35 from its oligarchs but 2/3 of the total F35 bought by the USA, as Matt Gaetz said, can't fly?

[@kirkslayden834]

​@@MSDGroup-ez6zkit's because the American people will make them leave this country because they don't want it poisoned anymore than it already is buy a battery manufacturer the same thing that happened to one over in South gate California people were dying from that battery manufacturer they're very very bad for the environment

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@kirkslayden834 LOL I am laughing when your talking about the environment. Do you realize that the USA thanks to Petrodollar has made more polluted products to the world such as cars, plastics, commercial jets etc so everyone in the world breaths in 36.8 billion tone of CO2 everyday? Now you are talking about the USA environment.

[@TheLobstersoup]

It's not complicated at all. EVs are heavier than normal cars so you can't build them with half the suspension strenght. Chinese cars want to convince us with their quality, but whatever they produce is overshadowed by reports of the low quality. And not because they can't build better, but because they don't want to.

[@MiquelGorbiviUS]

I wouldn't even wanna look at the sports car death coffin.

[@Ret_Army_Combat_Vet]

During a deployment in Afghanistan, I was helping build furniture for a school. I notice that an Afghan carpenter was having trouble hammering a nail. I notice that the nail was creating dents and chipping on the hammer's head. I took a look at the hammer, it was stamp "made in China" 'locally bought in Afghanistan and the nail was the ones we brought with us from Home Depot USA. I told the carpenters to return the hammers. I bought a dozen hammers online at Home Depot but Home Depot send us 50 hammers free of charge.

[@spicesmuggler2452]

Thats a cool story. But it was probably the carpenters fault for buying cheap Chinese hammer. Believe me, you can buy a good tool from China that will last, just gotta spend more and not cheap out.

[@elplumaje]

In respect to the first (recklessly moronic) accident, I'm not quite sure a European car wouldn't have suffered the same damage after a collision. On the contrary, the other cases, not accident related, are indeed pretty disturbing...

[@donescobar1936]

Last week in Malaysia ( early May 2024 ), 2 Chery Omoda 5 lower back axle is broken in to 2 while driving.This the first time happen in Malaysia.

[@user-xp7nk9dw8d]

Both not evs

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

This is what happens when you design for minimum materials, then those materials are not up to snuff.

[@lemd9173]

Like the Vinfast electric car in Vietnam, the front axle also broke like this one. I think they are the same manufacturer.

[@smokefast90606]

They make the old Russian ladas look solid and built like a tank

[@wshyangify]

I won't be so quick to say the aluminum arms are superior. Aluminum is vulnerable to fatigue failure.

[@Arltratlo]

one of my cars got a broken front wheel, too ...been a 12 years old VW Santana!

[@bobmurray3229]

The BYD spokesman is a FOOL

[@davidmcknight2551]

This is why I always advice my friends to go for EU, US, Japan, or Korea cars and not to be fooled by the cheap price of chinese cars I hope that I was wrong. But hell no! While every car brands out there will try to cut corners whenever possible, especially long life car brands in EU, US, Japan, and Korea, but they was too proud to even think about cutting deep corners like chinese car brands. Profits is important, but also reputation! At least, they will not trade their reputation for this!

[@incognit01233]

No what's hilarous? A group that would start making cheap rock solid cars and spared no expense like "USA TIER SAFETY" type stuff will outsell the best luxury cars they have.

[@surenp8222]

Type of material use is irreverent, these suspension arrangements are tried and tested by many manufactures for decades. Th fault lies in quality control and design.

[@enricomercado4671]

Most good multi link rear suspensions have five links. Even the much smaller and lighter Mazda MX-5 has a five link rear independent suspension. Seems like BYD just decided to skimp on links to keep the price down, which then resulted in a tofu dreg rear suspension for their cars.....😅

[@travistouchdown9759]

This just happened on "Chery" ( Chinese brand car) in Malaysia.

[@GOATGamerProSticks]

They know what they're doing. Producing vehicles that disintegrate after leaving the forecourt. What kind of economy destroying strategy is that exactly...

[@ekawudhbunnag1201]

Real independent suspension.

[@JorgenBlomqvist-po7zk]

Why did they remove the plastic covering of BYDs car at the dealership lot ? Now the paint gets all dusty and together with sunlight damaging the paint.

[@controllerplayer1720]

BYD Beijing's Yuan Depreciation Beijing's Yuan Defalcation Beijing You're Done

[@SeanDoe86]

Another great video from China Observer 👍👍

[@Urgelt]

Product quality is a problem for BYD and some other Chinese automakers. If they hope to dominate sales workdwide, they'll have to do better. There is also the problem of generous CCP production incentives, which has ked to a glut of inventory. The CCP intends to dump millions of cars on foreign markets at very low prices. Resistance to the scheme is growing in Europe. The US already has trade barriers in place for cars made in China - so Chinese automakers don't trouble themselves to comply with US safety standards. I think it is possible that Chinese automakers will license FSD from Tesla, to gain a competitive advantage over legacy automakers. But that won't gain them entry into the US, and it probably won't help them in Europe, either.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

well better than Boeing isn't it? Boeing has started its business in 1916 but until now it has never learnt how to make safety products. Airbus started in 1970 but it has learnt how to make safety products. Don't forget Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto brand in the world.

[@Urgelt]

@@MSDGroup-ez6zk there is exactly one source for the claim that Tesla drivers have a higher accident rate. One study. Other studies exist which place Tesla at the top of the industry for fewest accidents per miles driven. Interestingly, criteria are not consistent between studies. The Lending Tree study, reported by Forbes, tallied *accidents per 1000 drivers.* It did not tally *accidents per 100,000 miles,* a more commonly-used metric. Lending Tree made no effort to correct for different usage patterns. Further, Lending Tree tallied insurance claims. I'm sure you will remember that keying parked Tesla vehicles has become a favorite passtime for a certain disgruntled subset of the population. Each keying event is a claim but not really an accident. Don't forget. It's easy to take a data set and shake an analysis around until you get the answer you want. A rational person will throw out study outliers and never rely on a single study to establish 'truth.' Tesla itself compiles accident data. One of its stats is a death rate of one per 94 million miles, which is astonishingly good. Cambridge Mobile Telematics found that Tesla vehicles were involved in 50% fewer accidents than comparable ICEVs. Other studies exist which lend support to the notion that Tesla vehicles are safer than virtually all other vehicles. I don't ask you to take my word for it. Use a search engine, search for 'Tesla safety,' and read some articles. At the very least, you'll come away with a more nuanced view of the study landscape. As for Boeing, they were doing quite well until they merged with McDonnell Douglas. Then quality suffered. A casual observer might conclude that MD's cost-cutting culture and non-engineer executives infected Boeing's culture in a negative way.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@Urgelt I don't trust the study held in the USA after Suzuki Jimmy gate.

[@flightpointer]

that car at the beginning looks like a ford ecosport if you thought about it, because i actually thought it was once

[@HPD1171]

4:40 "leading to speculation that the barrier was extra sturdy" LOL this had me laughing so hard. People saying that have never been to China. I can assure you that those "barriers" are made of metal plated tissue paper. especially those really thin chrome plated ones where you can just see the unevenness in the surface from all the dents where birds land on them. Okay I am being a little hyperbolic but this was actually the first thing I noticed when getting of the ferry from Hong Kong to mainland china, suddenly all the metal on the railings, barriers and even floor panels just suddenly appeared much thinner metal and with lower quality welds. Now because of my OCD I have to physically touch every metal barrier and fence I walk past just to compare the craftsmanship and material quality. I have also seen that exact type shown in the video and that metal is no more then 2mm thick though I do have to give some credit as it looks like they actually secured it properly to the road and actually used ALL the bolt holes so that it does not topple over it to the other lanes.

[@xxxhyundai]

I love it. They keep producing and they continue to buy

[@waynehewett4017]

That Chinese build quality showing through....

[@user-xp7nk9dw8d]

Ok prove it

[@tarstarkusz]

Steel, even mild steel is significantly stronger and more flexible (not stiff) than aluminum.

[@logeshgasen1310]

its starting in Malaysia too Chery Atto 5...apparently its detaching here too hahaha

[@Kunfucious577]

Doesn’t matter how cheap a car is if the wheels fall off.

[@zacharylee6405]

Not Only BYD. look at the new Cherry Omada 5 EV. Wheels came off WHEN DRIVING NORMALLY.

[@samueladitya1729]

7:30 bro was prepared bringing welding devices in case something broke, and use the electricity from the car😆🤣

[@Michael-yi4mc]

I forgot to get chopsticks at the restaurant. Don’t worry! You can use my chopsticks built into the car.

[@laloola]

In china.. Which they never learn.. 1st.. Property bust 2nd.. Car manufacturing bust 3rd.. What next..

[@remylonewolf]

Hey, did you a know in Malaysia, a case of a Chinese car, Chery Omoda 5 also broke the rear suspension while the owner driving the car normally. Search it.

[@JJonasken]

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