"Knowing that other LA-based car influencers would be getting similar invitations, Rana quickly overcame his hesitation. He was shocked to learn that in the years since his first experience with a Chinese-made car, the country's auto industry has exploded to include over 150 distinct brands intensely competing with one another to win over customers with ultra-luxury designs, insane specs, and high-tech features."
"Take Geely's Galaxy E5, for example, Rana says: a $20,000 compact SUV equipped with heated, ventilated, and massaging seats, a digital display cluster, heads-up display, reclining passenger seats, and 360-degree camera. There's nothing in the North American market that compares at that price point. While EVs have struggled to achieve mainstream acceptance in the US, electrification has become a baseline expectation in China."
Omar Rana's first experience driving a Chinese-made car in 2015 was extremely negative: "a horrible experience" and "it sucked really bad." Years later, Rana received a DM from DCar Studio inviting him to test Chinese EVs in Los Angeles and initially suspected spam because the emails had poor English. After investigating, Rana discovered that China's auto industry now comprises over 150 distinct brands intensely competing with ultra-luxury designs, high specs, and advanced technology. Affordable models like Geely's Galaxy E5 offer heated, ventilated, massaging seats, digital clusters, HUDs, reclining passenger seats, and 360-degree cameras at about $20,000, while electrification is already baseline in China.
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