I understand we need to wait and see about pricing and warranties and the availability of service centres here in Canada, not to mention better understanding of quality issues and of course environmental and human rights issues, but…
Which potential Chinese cars interest you the most to drive here in Canada? Personally I’m tired of soulless cookie-cutter SUV/CUVs and am far more interested in the 4 door coupes and smaller city-cars. Think downtown Montreal cars with personality rather than suburban Alberta parking lots in places like Sherwood Park outside big-box stores.
The ones that are built or assembled in Canada that have guarantees that all software updates and telemetry data will remain on Canadian servers.
The ones that come attached to other cars and go to pre-planned destinations on a regular schedule are the preferred ones for me. Give us trains!
As much as I like driving, I agree 100% that I’d prefer taking away a lane for public transit priority, or requiring all new highway development include space for potential train lines.
Agreed! One of the few things I miss about Calgary is the LRT.
That’s what I miss about Edmonton too. If I had to go back to Alberta for whatever reason it would definitely be to Edmonton because at least they have a decent transit system.
Also we wouldn’t have to do the bidding of the automobile industry if we could just have dumb trains that run on time.
None of them until there’s infrastructure in place for domestic repair and parts replacement, also at a reasonable cost.
South Korea managed it; China should be able to as well.
(Yeah, I know you put it in the disclaimer, but I’m not even willing to consider the vehicles until there’s local support in place).
That is more than reasonable! Hopefully BYD etc… will learn from their mistakes in Australia - and provide better after-sales-service here in Canada. The article says they’ve sold 85,000 vehicles in Australia, so Canada won’t be that big a market in the first few years though.
The ones they assemble here.
Bingo
After trying temu as an amazon replace me for cheap cords etc, maybe none? I’ve literally returned more than 3/4 of what I’ve got from them and now I’m back to suspicious of very low price Chinese merch.
As my street doesn’t get plowed in the winter and turns into deep ruts when the ice melts and refreezes (Saskatoon), I want something with big enough wheels to climb out of said ruts. I would also like a sodium ion battery as those are proving to perform better in very cold temperatures.
Otherwise, the Malaysian Ora Good Cat in pistachio green is too stylish to pass up. https://www.gwm.com.my/en/models/ora-good-cat
None until there’s a solid and extensively proven track record of reliable and non-exploding batteries from Chinese makers.
Edit: video explaining concern for reference
Where do you think the batteries come ft now?
You’d be surprised in the difference in quality
So would you rather burn to death in a tesla then?
I wouldn’t be found dead or alive in a Tesla
The top of my list is the 2026 BYD Seal - AWD version which looks the most interesting to me: https://wholemap.com/cars/video/byd-seal-2026-compared-to-teslas-model3
I really want a pickup with a shortish range. I don’t need 800km, I need about 250 at the absolute max, and most days less than 100. But it has to be 4WD and have a box big enough to hold farm equipment and mucky things like newborn calves.
The Slate would be perfect if it were 4WD. I need absolutely nothing in the way of creature comforts except a heater and AC. I can’t stand listening to a radio so a BT speaker would do me fine.
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You’re taking a risk that the US forces us to ban them. Last I heard we did sign onto a missile defense system with the US so clearly our fates are intertwined, and I see this becoming a hotter issue, including China banning foreign cars from mapping its own streets.
They could push a firmware update that forces cars to drive across the border and run over civilians with a single dictators decree.
Well, I’ve got bad news then, as Chinese-made vehicles now make up nearly 1 in 5 cars sold in Mexico and includes brands like BYD, Changan and MG as well as cars manufactured in China by Ford and General Motors.
