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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuling_Hongguang_Mini_EV Bestselling electric car in China $5000 15kw motor but otherwise remarkably similar.
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Does Argentina have much of a Navy? There is quite a generous coast line. One that I would think would make customs control very tricky unless you have first world tier surveillance of the coasts.
Heh then you’re not aboveboard anymore. But I’m sure there’s a thriving market. One of the countries down there even has a name for that type of vehicle - it was on HN last year or so.
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1-2 are facts, sure. What proof is there that the TITO actually is a Chinese car? Your statements hinge on that assumption.
My eyes can tell they're the same. If you look at the cars without bias you'll agree. https://argentinareports.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/60dd... https://argentinareports.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tito... https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/MINI-Smart-Electric-C... The cars are exactly alike in size, shape, proportion, body, etc., except for some minor cosmetic changes in the front grill.
There's clear differences even in the photos you provided. Obviously the front grill, but the lights are also a different shape, with the TITO more angular. The door frame is different, it looks like the TITO has a larger piece of chrome on the part you open. I'm sure there's other differences there if I were to look at different angles of the TITO.
Maybe Sunshine took TITO's design, maybe they're both based on some reference design made by some other company. They both clearly are supposed to be a squished MINI Cooper. Regardless of what happened, "my eyes" are not proof of it.
So, I ask again, what proof do you have that it is the case that TITO took Sunshine's design and/or is just a rebadged car?
With the advertised range and top speed it fits more as a small utility vehicle for city street driving only. And, the car is the Tit-o, the truck is the Tit-a, and the SUV version should naturally be called the Tit-e. I'll bet it would be the most popular if the Argentine market is anything like the US market.
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Are they paid per month as well? I've always thought that is an ideal way to receive wages. Pay all bills due for the month and live off the rest.
They are, but typically wages are paid after working, rather than beforehand. So paying wages monthly rather than, for example, twice a month, amounts to an interest-free loan of two weeks' worth of wages by the employee to their employer, which to me seems unjust. (Thus the Biblical injunction to pay your workers before their sweat has dried.) This interest-free loan is particularly galling when we're experiencing 6…
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They are, but typically wages are paid after working, rather than beforehand. So paying wages monthly rather than, for example, twice a month, amounts to an interest-free loan of two weeks' worth of wages by the employee to their employer, which to me seems unjust. (Thus the Biblical injunction to pay your workers before their sweat has dried.) This interest-free loan is particularly galling when we're experiencing 6…
Who gets paid before working? I haven't seen that at least here in the states I've worked in the US. Usually you work to the pay period and receive the prorated amount of days you worked. Sometimes you even have to work for two pay periods which can equate to misery if you haven't saved up. lol. Edit: I reread your comment and understand now! Sorry about that.
We are often expected to pay companies either ahead of time or on-demand when purchasing goods and services.
When we sell our labor, we generally are forced to accept a payment scheme designed by our employer that results in us getting paid much later, with the employer holding our money in the meantime.
Please give me more options like this in North America. I'd love something like this as the urban run-around to do quick errands that can't be done on foot or via transit. Something under $20K with enough range for a day of driving around. Even better, make it a shared vehicle and I'll just pay a membership to grab one from a lot around the corner for a few hours.
Wasn’t the Nissan Leaf initially something like that ? I knew a bunch of friends who were buying 2-3 years old used Leafs for about 9k and using it for urban driving or daily commute .
I don't think there are any rational reasons why it's not the most popular car in America.
It can go max 40mph and be awesome for city dwellers and delivery drivers.
Please give me more options like this in North America. I'd love something like this as the urban run-around to do quick errands that can't be done on foot or via transit. Something under $20K with enough range for a day of driving around. Even better, make it a shared vehicle and I'll just pay a membership to grab one from a lot around the corner for a few hours.
You can already get equivalent vehicles for around the same price: they're street legal golf carts. For example, this company sells a bunch of models: https://bintellielectricvehicles.com/category/street-legal-g...
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Please give us more of these in europe as well. We are choked by vws, bmws and mercedeses. Hopefully small electric cars will become the norm in urban centres.
We should build a dyson sphere and get humanity to a Type II Kardeshev scale. Instead, the future looks like eating crickets, climate alarmicism, living in mobile pods and feeling good about driving 2 seater eco-cars. Sad.