When President Lee Jae-myung visited China, did anyone notice a detail?
All the state guest vehicles used were Hongqi gasoline-powered cars!
Our new energy vehicles have already led the world, so using new energy vehicles to receive foreign guests would certainly be impressive. Why wasn't this choice made this time?
I was also curious and did some research, and the answer turned out to be quite reasonable: Hongqi, as the national car, has decades of historical heritage and exclusive customization capabilities, making it itself a national symbol. Converting electric vehicles into state guest cars involves significant modification challenges, and concerns about unstable charging and range replenishment remain. In certain extreme scenarios, the reliability of gasoline-powered vehicles is indeed more dependable.