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Youxia Ranger X - Chinese knockoff of the Tesla Model S

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by spentan, Jul 27, 2015.

  1. MorrisonHiker

    MorrisonHiker S 100D 2021.4.11

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    This very thread is a copy. The OP just linked to another thread on this site. What's the point? Aha. Looks like the threads were just combined when I submitted my post. lol.
     
  2. doug

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    Admin note: Yes, please don't create threads on the same topic in multiple forums. The mods have already merged several threads about this topic.
     
  3. Doug_G

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    LOL at my last count there were six threads on the topic. We've merged them all.

    Whenever something "newsy" happens, we get multiple threads popping up all over. This is probably the most obscure topic to get that treatment so far.

    Edit: And LOL at doug and I posting simultaneously.
     
  4. jbcarioca

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    Oh, great. Knockoff threads galore on a knockoff car. We are nothing if not intuitive.:rolleyes:
     
  5. voyager

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    Porsche is said to introduce a full-electric car at the next Frankfurt auto show.

    porsche-pajun-0715-01-600x400.jpg
     
  6. roger2014

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    Youxia X - chinese copy of Model S

    China's answer to the Tesla Model S: The Youxia X

    So, copying is the biggest form of flattery, right? And having more EVs is the goal of Tesla... Did Youxia contact Tesla to get approval for using the option "patents given for free" - or Youxia doesn't include any Tesla patented tech - only the looks?

    Also, couldn't they call it Youxia S instead of X... In their current way of naming the second Youxia car, their SUV, should be Youxia 3.
     
  7. Doug_G

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    Just merged (at least) the seventh thread on the identical same topic. C'mon guys, stop making work for us moderators!
     
  8. kyalami

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    Chinese Model S Knock off?

    I don't know if this has already been posted. If not, here goes...

    Motor Authority: Chinese Company Simultaneously Rips Off Tesla And 'Knight Rider' http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwyryCoSI
     
  9. nwdiver

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  10. caddieo

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    This is a knock-off by Chinese car maker Youxia and is called the Ranger X.
     
  11. caddieo

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    The picture of the car was just posted by nwdiver who called it a Mirai/MS hybrid. This is the Ranger X by Chinese car maker Youxia.
    Mods, please merge threads.
     
  12. tkizzy

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    That's annoying.
     
  13. woof

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    How do you know they aren't in a loving long term relationship? Love child indeed...
     
  14. Doug_G

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    Uhm yeah, merged. Yet again.
     
  15. K5ING

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    Even the Chinese media are now saying that the clone car IS a Model S, only modified. It seems the company has a history of doing such things. Here's a snippet from the main article:

    Here's the entire article.

     
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  17. caddieo

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    There were 2 posts on this yesterday. Mods will have more merging to do.
     
  18. rabar10

    rabar10 Model 3 >> Focus Electric

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    Merged. I think this is #10...
     
  19. tomas

    tomas Out of warranty...

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    Clearly a sign of 2 things: forum getting huge, people like to post more than search/read. Unfortunately, solution is to quarantine and review new threads before they go live. Which is more work for mods or more mods.
     
  20. Objective1

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    Two thoughts on the Chinese rip-off of Model S:

    1) Tesla open-sourced its patents. Elon wants other companies to copy their general approach and has repeated said the goal of Tesla is to promote the adoption of electric cars in general. So anyone is free to copy them, and it's no rip-off.

    2) I was in China a couple weeks ago (I hadn't been there for ten years), and I was surprised how few Chinese-brand cars I saw. Chinese consumers appear to equate Chinese brands with low quality. The facts, reported in this thread, that YouXia motors doesn't exist in any real sense, that the "Ranger X" is a just a re-skinned, hacked Model S, that the investors of record are pissed, and that they need hundreds of millions of dollars to get production rolling, all speaks to the reason why few quality Chinese cars are seen in China--It's because there are a lot of press releases, but much less in the way of realized product. Don't believe the press releases unless there is more credible evidence.
     

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