I'm buying 4 different Chinese electric cars – Am I going crazy?

45 thoughts on “I'm buying 4 different Chinese electric cars – Am I going crazy?”

1. Chinese made cars had been sold to some eastern European countries including Hungary and Russia, but the quality was so bad that they have dubbed all Chinese made cars, moving cardboard boxes! As far as I know, Chinese affiliated car makers in America like ELMS and Future Faraday have been out of business. About one month ago, Chinese Great Wall brand tried very hard to launch its new EV called Funky Cat in UK, but went nowhere. Last week, ABC News reported two employees of the Chinese electric car brand NIO involved in testing died tragically after their experiment electric car fell three stories from a parking structure in Shanghai, China. Most recently, Chinese billionaire Xu Jiayin-chairman of Evergrande Group, had invested over $7 billion in making electric cars but failed miserably, and China's Evergrande Company sadly went bankrupt last year, with a huge debt of nearly $500 billion, which almost destroyed the entire economy of China. Few days ago, China publicly announced Chinese EV maker BYD dethroned Tesla to become the world largest EV maker selling 638,157 EVs and hybrid cars in the first 6 months of 2022 compared to 564,743 Tesla units! However, the problem with the number China publicly posted, is … only on paper and in China.

2. China electric vehicle explode while charging — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2F9HKZ5VzA

3. Chinese CAR SCAM EXPOSED – They STOLE $31,000 and Sent me a PINK GOLF CART. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOL6G_Oyxs

4. Good luck with that project, keep us informed of progress, Please

5. playhouse/man cave seating

6. Hi Sam, may I suggest get in touch with EVTV Motor Verks
   It is Jack Rickards (R.I.P ) old business and still operating with his team. Jack was not only a character but a brilliant individual and he specialized in just what you are planning to do.
   P.S worth looking back at videos featuring him

7. No you are going crazy buying 4 different Chinese EVs. You are making too much money on YouTube !

8. Result?

9. Working 24hr shifts, does that make you a firey?

10. why are you supporting the ccp any more than necessary

11. BAIC is rubbish. GAIC pretty good. Leap Motor kinda cool.

12. Your plan is wonderfully crazy.?
    Wish you all the best.

13. are you planning to grow some weed with all that energy?

14. If the auction site is anything like eBay in the states here, what the price that it is at right now means nothing. Last few minutes of the auction, or even seconds of the auction, will tell the tale. You may think you are competing against maybe 5 bidders, but in the last minute, it may jump to 50 bidders. I won my E36 BMW (3 series) convertible off of Ebay some 18 years ago. I just sold it less than a year ago, and enjoyed many years of driving pleasure. Only thing was, I had to travel to New Orleans to pick it up… I lived it Florida. (some 750 miles)

15. You have quite a lot of work ahead of you, I think, but definitely can be done. I read about a guy in the local newspaper who put Leaf battery modules in his house, and this must have been around 2015.
    The MGs would have been good because you could sell lots of spares, but they probably have the smallest packs of the bunch. Don't know what to do with the cars otherwise…. Maybe use to build a big car gaming rig? 😀

16. Dude, nothing about you makes sense.

17. I too am interested to use EV battery with hybrid solar system.
    
    My investigation shows that food option is to use SOLAX hybrid inverter .
    
    According manual seems that it is easy in settings define as “lead acid battery” and specify voltage range which is comparable to most EV batteries. I think that it should not be complicated to use EV original BMS. It means no need to disassemble original battery.
    
    Just pay attention that according publicly available manual the G3 version (or older) can use lead acid battery setting. There are available G4 version about it I am not sure. I think G4 is designed only to Lithium batteries with compatible communication protocol.
    
    Many other nowadays hybrid inverters are designed for specific batteries with specific BMS communication. For that case compatible BMS can be quite expensive.
    
    In this spring I bought another brand Invertor (just because of SOLAX delivery times) and I am not happy with that.

18. Put parts on EBay. The interior looks like it could be worth quite a bit.

19. Sweet.

    I think I'd go all arbitrage with these. Charge them up at night, discharge them back during the day. Add in solar as you get it.

    Also wow all the other projects you can do! Make electric doodahs. Electric bikes… boats, have fun!

20. Yes

21. Go for it! Good luck bidding on them. Would love to see a DIY Powerwall type of setup.

22. Maybe I should have one shipped to USA certainly the price is right hahaha

23. Unfortunately, here in the US they have very high tariffs to prevent any of them from being imported. It's a shame as most people are not (able) to purchase them. They look like they would sell lot of them otherwise.

24. motors could be used as a generator for a windmill

25. sure the screens could be reused, but making them drive-able is the best idea

26. Is there a way to make them right hand drive? Aren't some steer by wire? Those should not be to hard to convert.

27. Stationary storage would be great if you can get them at a decent price. Hopefully this video won't get the price pumpers alerted to your auctions.

28. I'm thinking that utube pays better than I thought.

29. hi why don't you use a v2g charger it would be easier and would not require dismantling the vehicles?

30. Chinese electric cars ?????

31. I agree with one of the commenters below to keep them as cars and pay for a transport truck to deliver a bunch at once if it comes to it. I suspect the economics of cheap Chinese EVs will push aside the tariffs eventually.

32. if you actually get them ..you will be able to flip them for more….very cool .

33. How you get that past your wife? I work in retail it's hilarious at times.

34. You just created your auction competition

35. At those prices get all fhem.

36. Brilliant idea if you’ve got the skills to do this. I could probably get the battery pack out of the vehicle, but anything beyond that would be over my head. The control systems for the powerwall units are a complete mystery.

37. you should only buy 1. Because as years pass, Technology will creat batteries much better.

38. If you were in QLD I could help you get the battery set up. I could also help to get all the stuff in the cars sorted so the motors could be used by some one else for conversions but would need to get a running car so I can record all the CAN messages.
    If you get one let me know. I would be interested in some parts.

39. You're not crazy. Christ, you can flip an electric car from its retail price – if you can get it at that price – for like, 3,000 profit even with more than 1k miles on the odometer. Couple hundred kilometers? Easy decision.

40. A car battery needs a lot of customised electronics if it's going to be used as a grid battery, don't waste your money before you check out EVTV Motor Verks channel.

41. Sam you’re not going crazy you’re going INSANE!!!! LOL…..I’m kidding!

42. V2G software is right around the corner 2023, if you get more than one save it. You could move the cars around the property for additional energy use as needed.

43. My dream at the moment is the sedan / saloon Nio Et5 and Et7, it's amazing also the BYD Seal, in my chance the MG ZS and the fantastic BYD Dolphin (better the Atto3)

44. Wakefield race track has open days for people to use the track .

45. This sounds interesting especially if you win all 5 bids :P. Good luck Viking!