American internet influencers are raving about Chinese domestic cars: a modern-day "quenching thirst by plums" for the new energy era

01: A Comprehensive Comparison of Car Purchases

"There are so many factors to consider when choosing a car, and both genuine and fake foreign experts have their say."

Recently, a new "comparison craze" has swept across the overseas internet, and this time, cars are in the spotlight.

Yes, first there were cross - border comparisons of daily life on Xiaohongshu, and now there is a "comprehensive comparison of car purchases" in the form of car reviews on platforms like TikTok.

Notably, compared to the direct cross - border comparisons between Chinese and American netizens before, the main force responsible for this round of comparisons are actually local influencers.

From professional car reviewers to various bloggers, more and more foreigners are creating evaluation content related to "Chinese Cars". Whether it's real - car evaluations or just reactions to new car launches, they all want to have a taste.

With a domestic electric car parked in the background, they start talking right away. First, they talk about performance, then configuration, and introduce various product features one by one.

Evaluating Chinese cars has become a traffic - attracting strategy on foreign platforms

TVs and refrigerators are standard features. There are also magnetic doors, small tables, rotating seats, and active noise reduction in the car. Demonstrating smart parking is even more of a killer feature.

If a Chinese person were to talk about these features, many foreigners might sneer and think it's "Propaganda", just self - praise. But when it's their own people talking, the feeling is completely different. After watching the evaluations, many people look at the "things" in their garages and feel a sense of weightlessness.

Moreover, these car - related contents don't seem like paid advertisements. Instead, they are more like explorations of technological products full of curiosity, with new features always waiting to be discovered...

Hands Behind the Back

When a top American car - reviewing influencer skillfully says in Chinese, "Xiaomi AI, open the front trunk," you know it's not that simple.

Especially when the price is finally announced, it can be described as a "shocking finale."

The more luxurious the features are in the front, the more shocking the price is in the end. A price of just a few tens of thousands of US dollars is enough to make every American consumer flood the comment section with question marks and exclamation marks.

The features are amazing, and the price is even more astonishing

"At this time, we are still spending the same amount of money on a Toyota Corolla."

"In the United States, with this price, you can only buy a car headlight, buddy."

"Bro, stop showing us cars we can't buy 😭"

Of course, the favorite part is when someone sighs about the price and says they want to buy the car immediately, but the blogger only replies with a crying and laughing emoji, leaving a sense of mystery.

Because anyone with a discerning eye knows that these cars can't be bought in the United States at all. Even if you want to buy them by force, after calculating the sky - high tariffs, the price will be more than double.

A complex - looking emoji

However, the biggest change lies in the perception of the "cost - effectiveness" of Chinese products.

In the past, when the prices of domestic digital products were announced, foreigners didn't first praise the cost - effectiveness. Instead, they would ask: "What's the catch?".

Why can Chinese products be so cheap?

Are they using child labor? Are they cutting corners? Are they copying someone else's design? - Even if it's really a cost - effective advantage, they still have to be stubborn.

《Chinese cars are too advanced and have been banned by Western countries》

Now, as soon as the price is announced, people first complain that the prices of domestic cars are outrageously high and are taking advantage of consumers.

Then they start a series of comments, with an American - style touch: "Are we the third - world country?" "83,000 US dollars is incredibly cheap." "If these cars were sold in the United States, they could easily be sold for 200,000 US dollars." Coupled with a lion's angry expression, it's enough to show how frustrated the people in front of the screen are.

If we have to summarize the reactions of other foreigners in one sentence, it must be - "Damn it! Why didn't you say so earlier!".

Unfortunately, the more eager they are, the harder it is to buy. It was okay before they saw these cars, but now, the sense of imbalance is really painful.

This sense of powerlessness of being anxious through the screen is no less than Matthew McConaughey calling for his daughter in the high - dimensional space in "Interstellar."

A large number of American fuel - powered cars have been excluded from the comparison. The starting point of the comparison is Tesla.

All that's left in the comment section are a lot of "TESLA IS COOKED" (Tesla is finished).

CyberTruck's reputation is damaged

Even so, the "reflection" of foreigners is far from over. After all, they want to buy but can't. As a country full of conspiracy theories, the public naturally has all sorts of wild speculations.

Thoughts like "not wanting people to live a good life and drive good cars" are just small - scale speculations and too formulaic.

The real eye - opener is the discussion about the radar function of domestic electric cars, which can identify "plain - clothes police cars" and display the shape of the police cars on the screen.

At first, a Dubai car owner found that a G - class Mercedes and a Range Rover in front were both displayed as police cars. He thought it was a system error. It wasn't until there was a car accident in front and policemen got out of these two cars (private cars driven by Dubai policemen after work) that he realized how accurate the system was.

After that, instead of questioning voices (such as whether it was a coincidence), the hot - comment section was full of excitement: "Now I know why this car is banned in the United States." They also added a taunting question - "Can Chinese electric cars identify plain - clothes ICE cars in the United States?"

Even Wang Chuanfu himself has been written about in American - style inspirational stories.

Before, we wrote that Elon Musk lived in the factory. Now, Americans are writing that Wang Chuanfu takes the subway to auto shows.

Sure enough, the grass is always greener on the other side.

Even if they can't find domestic cars to shoot videos, they can still use various forms of "scenario - based performances + video splicing" to show their funny reactions when they encounter Chinese cars "showing off features and operations" on the road. They even used AI to create a rap BGM called 《I Brought A BYD Today》.

Just a single demonstration of independent - steering parking is enough to make many foreigners exclaim "wtf". Coupled with this rap about BYD, it's really cool.

"Watching these amazing cars is like listening to celestial music."

If the above jokes are still based on real - life materials, then many new jokes about domestic cars have shown a trend of deification.

In foreign influencers' jokes, a domestic new - energy sports car is waiting at a red light next to a Ferrari electric car, and both sides start to "show off".

The Ferrari owner shows off his "Ferrari heritage", but the domestic - car owner just lets the mechanical arm massage him and gets an ice - cold drink from the in - car refrigerator, and that's enough to win the "competition".

The unconvinced Ferrari owner quickly says that he has an external sound system and then uses it to make the engine roar that only a fuel - powered Ferrari can make... It's full of irony.

As expected, the Ferrari owner, who thought he had a sure - win situation, is directly ignored by the person who is being chatted up, and that person gets into the domestic car without hesitation.

Although many details of these jokes are exaggerated, it's not hard to see the current user perception and product image of domestic new - energy vehicles in the overseas market.

《The Incompetent Car Owner》

A car with a refrigerator and a big TV isn't necessarily a good car. But if it has these features and is cheaper than cars in the same class, it must be a best - selling car.

Even beyond our regular new - energy models, foreign influencers have started to explore the "deep waters" of domestic new - energy vehicles.