# VinFast slashes prices on their EVs **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369 "2023-02-28T15:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369/1 "2023-02-28T15:23:28Z")
[https://electrek.co/2023/02/27/vinfast-cuts-vf-8-lease-prices-by-50-deliveries-kick-off-march-1/](https://electrek.co/2023/02/27/vinfast-cuts-vf-8-lease-prices-by-50-deliveries-kick-off-march-1/) You might recall that more than one automotive journalist who test-drove these vehicles stated that they were HIGHLY flawed: > [@You might want to hold-off](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-might-want-to-hold-off/187989): > > … on buying one of these Vietnam-made EVs. According to one journalist, they are… not good. I wonder if the approximately 1,000 VinFast vehicles that have been sitting in CA since December have been re-worked in order to make them salable on March 1st. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369/2 "2023-02-28T17:43:11Z")
Maybe the company name needs changing as well… Sounds like a diet shake that tastes like wine! 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369/3 "2023-02-28T20:06:42Z")
And short range too. The VF8 has a range of about 200 miles. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369/4 "2023-02-28T21:09:39Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > And short range too. The VF8 has a range of about 200 miles. +1 The only way that this manufacturer can compete with other–superior–EV makers is on the basis of a very low price. But, if–and when–they go belly-up in the US marketplace, the hapless owners will likely wind-up with a lifeless brick w/in a couple of years. As I have said–repeatedly–to a cheapskate friend–you can’t afford to “save money” in that manner. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369/5 "2023-02-28T21:11:15Z")
They can store it with their Yugo. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369/6 "2023-02-28T22:18:06Z")
It sounds like the hair tonic i used to use- Vitalis with V7. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vinfast-slashes-prices-on-their-evs/189369/7 "2023-03-01T12:55:20Z")
$600 per month down to $400 per month is not a 50% price drop