Anker is no longer selling 3D Printers

Post by RUnconcerned » Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 2:46 PM UTC

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It's weird how since like the 2018ish, the West has been holding its collective breath about how 'high-tech Chinese product X' is going to wipe out local markets by offering the same stuff cheaper and better. We've seen this mentioned with smartphones, laptops, various electronics accessories, household stuff, and most recently cars. Interestingly, this stuff never seemed to catch on, the best they usually managed is…

> The jury's still out on cars I don't know if it's just anecdotal, but I see a LOT of Chinese EVs in the England lately. Obviously nobody is buying them based on brand recognition or any sort of quality belief, brands nobody has heard of until now can only be on our streets in the numbers I'm seeing because they're significantly cheaper than buying something from a known auto manufacturer. The one exception I'd say…

Post by RUnconcerned » Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 2:50 PM UTC

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The single most important thing to understand about Chinese brands is that in China, party members sit on the board of these companies. And those party members can dictate action as they see fit. You can take them to the kangaroo court if you like, but people generally don't voluntarily waste time. People think that China is USA 2.0. It's not. It's a communist state with a single ruling party with unilateral control…

We've already heard that there are kill switches in Solar PV equipment[0], networks with Chinese brands are to be considered compromised[1], I'm certain we can assume the same for Chinese brand EVs having remote control and/or kill switches. It's interesting to see the non-response from governments over it so far; though there was recently rumours of an MoD ban on Chinese EVs but that seems to have been shot down[2]…

Post by alias_neo » Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 2:51 PM UTC

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I dug around the internet, trying to find some sales stats. This list is for EVs: https://www.vehiclecontracts.co.uk/blog/best-selling-electri... This is for gas cars: https://www.parkers.co.uk/car-news/bestselling-cars/ Both lists have single MG vehicle, so they aren't doing terribly, but based on this, it's hard to conclude they're going to conquer the market. And this is with the UK, which has no tariffs on Chines…

And my prediction is that in the UK EV market, MG and Volvo are the thin edge of the wedge of Chinese cars. BYD are on the roads now, and Omoda, soon to be followed by Zeekr, XPeng, Nio and Xiaomi. How well MG does specifically is irrelevant to all that, but your suggestion seems wishful - they have several new models out this year. Tesla's brand reputation is in a ditch, and the big EU brands are struggling to keep…

Post by SideburnsOfDoom » Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 2:53 PM UTC

alias_neo wrote: post #45

SideburnsOfDoom wrote: post #40

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And my prediction is that in the UK EV market, MG and Volvo are the thin edge of the wedge of Chinese cars. BYD are on the roads now, and Omoda, soon to be followed by Zeekr, XPeng, Nio and Xiaomi. How well MG does specifically is irrelevant to all that, but your suggestion seems wishful - they have several new models out this year. Tesla's brand reputation is in a ditch, and the big EU brands are struggling to keep…

I've also seen a lot of JAECOO vehicles which look like a rip off of Range Rover's styling.

Post by MrBuddyCasino » Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 2:54 PM UTC

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Battery business is cutthroat and there's already more reliable and better performing alternatives to Anker (CIO for instance, Aohi is also getting there). And brands like Ugreen are going after the "household name" slot as well. Diversifying is a pretty existential in that market IMHO.

Your comment is the kind of MBA-school nonsense that destroys companies because they can't get one thing (anything) right. There are people who are willing to pay for good quality and capacity, who don't want the cheap $20 battery. Anker's bigger higher-quality batteries have had no recalls.