Why are Chinese EVs cheaper than Tesla?

Why are cars not expensive?

HSK 1 level · 6:56

Key Vocabulary

• 商店 (shāngdiàn) — store / shop
• 告诉 (gàosu) — to tell
• 觉得 (juéde) — to feel / to think
• 贵 (guì) — expensive
• 便宜 (piányi) — cheap
• 因为 (yīnwèi) — because
• 懂 (dǒng) — to understand
• 原因 (yuányīn) — reason / cause

Grammar Patterns

• Place + 有 + Object — This pattern expresses existence, meaning 'There is/are [Object] in/at [Place]'.
• 因为 ... 所以 ... — A conjunction pair meaning 'Because ... therefore ...'. It connects a cause with its result.
• Verb + 得 + Adjective — The 'Complement of State' structure. It describes how an action is performed or the state resulting from the action.

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