Look out Tesla, SAIC's $4,500 electric car takes China by storm

[marble falls]

20. Standing next to each other an electrical drive system is easier to design, simpler in design ...

... more powerful, cheaper energy source .....

When I buy a prescription in the US, is it better than the same prescription I buy in Canada for half the price?

When I paid three time the price for the parts on my Volvo that lasted just as long outside manufacturers' parts, that extra cost gave me no benefit.

When Skereli increased the cost of his pharmaceuticals by factors of 10, did his product increase in quality, too?

Some of the "discount" has to do with not having to buy off stockholders, currency exchange rates, not having to import cars or their tariffs. It also has to do with lighter safety regulations.

My brand new $3,500 Yugo in '86 ran like a charm after two cheap fixes to 100K when I sold it in Nebraska in '90. She drove it for two or three more years.

I don't need a Tesla. I don't need the computer or 1000 batteries. I'll take the $10,000 version of the $4,000 Chinese car to American Safety Standards and I will charge it every day.