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From Wikipedia: 'Falun Gong operates at least two organizations in the United States and elsewhere, which have received notable media attention for their political involvement and ideological messaging, particularly since the involvement of these extensions in the 2016 United States presidential election. Falun Gong extensions include The Epoch Times, a politically far-right[20] media entity that has received significant attention for promoting conspiracy theories, such as QAnon and anti-vaccine misinformation, and producing advertisements for former U.S. President Donald Trump' I would say this is usual Wikipedia rubbish - but honestly, so is your comment.

You are correct - it's a Yandex translation error.......duuuhhh

I wonder whether this is a typo - I did not see any pictures or details to confirm it is indeed 'all-wheel' drive.........although it is mentioned in several places on the MG website.

OK - I took the plunge and watched the clip.......... did you watch it, or what happened between what you saw and what you wanted to see/hear? He points out the difference between NEDC and WLTP, complains about the touch screen integrated A/C controls (couldn't agree more! that is idiotic, but not unusual these days) but other than that, it is very favorable review........... e.g. 'this looks and feels every bit like a premium car inside' - his words, not mine! My suggestion: Watch the clip again, but first turn off your biases........just listen, watch with an open mind. Then please report back with a summary.

All the reviews I watched on YT were at best lukewarm on the Toyota (or Subaru twin), none of the testers outright recommended this EV. Of course it is a Toyota, the nameplate will still sell a bunch, negative press notwithstanding.

BYD @Phetkasem Open at 7 o'clock to put down deposit for the Atto 3. Now the queue is 8x.

I hope you understand that per-capita income has absolutely nothing to do with how well off the average pleb is - as with most statistics, they serve a designed purpose, but never the stated description.

Volvo has never been a mainstream brand, it has been and probably always will be a niche product. Stands to reason that due to their Chinese parent company and the common platform (SEA) the marketing appeal could broaden, but I venture to guess that Geely will want to use the Volvo brand as their exclusive, high end vehicle.

There is no simple answer, but as a rule of thumb, if you fill up your tank twice a year, you should be fine.

yeah........modern idiot tech - did a tire rotation front to back, now the TPMS is confused. We told the dealer to re-code, dealer - yes we did........well, obviously did NOT! now that's annoying

You are funny - a timer or remote controlled switch is of course doing exactly that, turning the charging pile on when you want to charge.....or are you one of those individuals that wears suspenders and a belt? ???? As for programming the charging pile to work without RFD card, this is how to proceed: IMPORTANT: on the phone with the MG app running, Bluetooth, location, WiFi and cell services ALL have to be turned on. go into the charging menu via the 'Charging' icon Step 1: connect the phone to the charging pile via Bluetooth while the car is connected to the wall-box and charging Step 2: click on the icon per arrow 2 Step 3: on the new window that opens, select card free Step 4: a new window pops open, slide the selector to 'on', save, exit VOILA! no RFD card is required ever again, life is easy, life is good.......no worries anymore!

Paul - I already mentioned to you on another thread that the MG wall charger can be programmed to operate without the RFD card. In that mode, it is possible to use a timer or via an app to operate the charger timed to your choosing. I believe the RFD card is for chargers installed in public places, for private properties it makes no sense. Pity the installer could not instruct how to use the charger properly. If you need help to set up the charger sans RFD card, let me know.

Just really curious how much these things cost....... I guess in an other week we know.

Here is a guy who did the impossible - installed his wall-charger in a condo parking space......... how dare you! BTW - the MG wall charger has a RF card for authentication, nobody will steal juice at his expense. https://www.facebook.com/groups/371214200817703/permalink/778110910128028/

Obviously meant to obfuscate, not meant to be for information - I am actually surprised that not all was colored identical, even a 6 year old could have done better.......... TH is indeed struggling!

I am not a Tesla fanboy. With that out of the way - the crappy Tesla build quality actually applies only to US made Tesla's, the Chinese get high reviews, even from customers in Germany. I know, this comment will infuriate the China bashers, but there are a good bunch of videos on YT with US and Chinese models compared back to back on the same dealer lot. Last but not least, the US models are getting better, too, just be sure not to fall for what Tesla fanbois label 'luxury' car - except for the price there is not much luxury about Tesla's.

I am not dogmatic about EV vs. ICE powered vehicles - there are indeed arguments in favor for both, but the narrow perspective of the one-vs-other misses the main point. In principle, the electric motor is by several magnitudes superior to an ICE, that argument is settled. To put in simple but accurate comparison: An electric motor is essentially a shaft that rotates, easily to over 10,000 RPM, with a magnificent torque curve to boot, almost maintenance free, vibration free, quiet as a church, small, light, cheap. Conversely, an ICE is a mess of millions of reciprocating parts that conspire to turn a shaft, limited in RPM lest it will grenade, with a torque curve so miserable it requires an elaborate gearbox to compensate, with most annoying vibrations, noisy as fokk, needs constant expensive maintenance, a limited life cycle due to inevitable wear of said motor, gearbox, exhaust, cooling etc. - oh, did I say it is very expensive, too? But there is an additional element to propulsion - the form of energy used to power said motors. The form of energy used for an ICE gives the ICE an edge due to its much denser storage, which is much more favorable compared to batteries. Batteries are a step gap measure, much better technology must replaced this aberration - hopefully before huge investments in battery manufacturing capacity fossilizes research into better technology.

If everybody in a condo building had an EV, there would be 500 chargers. There, I fixed it for you. To me it is amazing to what kind of mental gymnastics people are willing to go to prove they can be silly.