Is Ferrari really testing a Chinese EV?

https://www.motor1.com/news/767338/ferrari-testing-xiaomi-su7-chinese-ev/

Kind of embarrassing imo.

 

in the past Ferrari test Lambo STO

 

Not quite sure why it's embarrassing? The Chinese are leaders in EV technology and I'm sure many of their cars currently on the road do more than Ferrari was planning to do. Learn from the best and innovate from there.

 

Maybe Ferrari should benchmark the price on the Chinese EV too.

 

You can despise these Chinese dudes but they already have more experience in electric cars than Ferrari. Actually quite often there are amicable agreements between manufacturers to exchange their products for examination; maybe at some point they´ll have to send an electric Ferrari to China.

 

It has over 1,500 hp. How is that embarrassing?

 

Ferrari tests all the competitor cars and in the EV world Chinese probably are the top competitors, today.

Some years ago I saw a Lamborghini Aventador and an Honda-Acura NSX going inside the factory for evaluation: that's a standard.

And in the past they evaluated Porsche Taycan too: Xiaomi SU7 broke the Taycan record at Nurburgring track...

Ciao

 

Nothing wrong with Ferrari testing a chinese EV. What's wrong here is that EU is lagging far behind China and the US on innovation and technology. China has been studying and copying western innovation for decades, and now the table has turned. European leaders is are f-ing us over with wild regulation and tax policies, while China is growing and becoming dominant.

I hope Ferrari knows that chinese EVs collects data from their inbuilt cameras and AI-software. The chinese government have legal rights to all of the data. Everything can and will be used against us

 

During WW2, America captured a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane in 1942 and tested it. At the time the Zero was perhaps the best carrier based fighter in the world.

I don't think they would have called that "embarrassing". The more you know your competition's strengths and weaknesses, the better.

 

Don't know about Europe but I would disagree about America. What Chinese EV's are great at is price / value vs American EV's.

 

Toyota announced a revolutionary batter which will improve all aspect of electric cars.

No fear of fire
Greater range-up to 1,000 miles
Super fast charging -10 minutes!
Longer life
Aluminum. Not lithium or other rare elements

Ferrari will need to partner with the leaders in battery and high performance electrical motors.

Mercedes and Toyota and BYD.

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