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Airbags from Chinese firm DTN can be up to 10 times cheaper than legitimate ones but NHTSA warns that they are dangerous

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
      16·
      4 months ago

      There is a world of difference between an accredited supplier in a controlled supply chain and a random unvetted shop shipping from Alibaba.

      • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
        12·
        4 months ago

        There is a world of difference between an accredited supplier in a controlled supply chain and a random unvetted shop shipping from Alibaba.

        This is exactly the global problem and particularly a Chinese problem. The government in Beijing is heavily opposing transparent supply chain laws. Here we see -again- the results.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
        23·
        4 months ago

        You obviously have not talked to a mechanic lately, brand new shit Chinese auto parts from established controlled parts suppliers (NAPA, etc. ) are wasting a lot of time and money.

        • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          Napa isn’t what I would call a controlled parts supplier, they are just a commercial vendor buying cheap parts to mark up. A parts supplier with would be the vetted factory, licensed and or QAd, to produce parts to a manufacturers specs

        • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
          32·
          4 months ago

          But that’s supply chain problem. The parts are fake happened in airline industry till they sorted it out.