I’m not in the market for a BYD but I’m stoked to see Telsa taking a beating.
This is why they’re outlawed in the US. Tesla can’t compete.
tHe mArKeT WiLl ReGuLaTe ItSeLf!
Banning something is not the market regulating itself. That’s outside forces regulating the market…
I think that’s the point they’re trying to make.
TBH nobody can compete with BYD at this point at normal consumer level.
It’s crazy how big BYD is in China friendly countries (I’m in SEA and their everywhere) though Japanese cars are still hard to uproot from many cultures and I hope Japan comes up with an affordable EV soon. I’m not driving Chinese spyware, especially in the current political climate.
So you prefer Japanese spyware instead.
Indeed. Or American or German or any other. They are all spywares on wheels and this should be regulated - no communication unless explicitly approved by customer at very least.
I just came back from Thailand. I got a Grab and driver pulls up in a BYD. I have never been in one. It is a really nice car from what I can see. I asked dude how much the car was. He said it was under ฿1M Which is $30,000 US. I was shocked.
I saw hybrids and electric cars everywhere there.
Meanwhile, the US market keeps pumping out oversized, overpriced EVs all while the manufacturers complain about lukewarm consumer demand.
If they love Rand so much, let the market decide. Fucking cowards.
Same in the EU, though its changing slowly. The French started a Trend with affordable, smaller EVs.
I’ve only tried the peugeot 208 electric version, but my God is it an absolutely shit vehicle. Terrible range, terrible charging speed (much bigger issue than the limited range), bad driver assistances. Their TACC is about the worst I’ve tried with random phantom brakes all the time and poor reaction time (both reducing and increasing speed). All in all it feels much cheaper than it actually is, which is too bad.
They are outlawed in the US. As to why we don’t see them. They have fully robotic fabrication at their facilities. No humans involved.
Land of the free ^for the rich^.
No. It’s to protect domestic manufacturing. It helps save union jobs.
Union jobs like at Tesla?
I understand. But it’s protecting the Big 3. Not Tesla.
He said it was under ฿1M Which is $30,000 US. I was shocked.
That’s what heavily state subsidised and controlled manufacturing will get you. Not saying it’s bad, but it is just the reason they’re so cheap compared to many other brands that are not subsidised as heavily from their government.
Are there many country governments that don’t subsidize their transportation industry?
Probably not, but not many (if any) do it to the extent of the chinese.
That’s what heavily state subsidised and controlled manufacturing will get you.
I heard about the heavy state subsidies from someone living there. Sounds good to me.
What does controlled manufacturing mean?
Probably analogous to command economy? Basically all industry is centrally planned, so it’s not company A decides it wants to make some widget and company b decides they want to use company A’s widget in their new product that they’ve independently decided to make. The government says we need <product> which needs <widget>, thus company A shall make <widget> and company B will use <widget> to make <product>.
This is by no means an accurate representation of the whole system or an opinion on either, but just to give a simple idea of the difference.
I see so vertical integration.
Thank you for taking the time to inform me.
That puts it at a 12C charge rate. The question is how the batteries will hold up over time. Does each fast charge cycle make a noticable degradation to the capacity?
If they’re using LFP it’s probably okay, they can usually take higher charge and discharge rates at the cost of lower energy density. But I’d be worried if they’re pushing NMC battery chemistries to 12C, as I think that’d kill the life of the battery.
Pretty sure BYD uses LFP. There’s little reason to use NMC unless you’re trying to reach the absolute maximum possible range. I think that’s only really an important factor in North America.
Genuinely, even if the degradation ws ateocious I would only care in so far as its environmental impact. Long journeys in EVs suck but getting charge time down is the answer…unless hydrogen takes off
Yeah, I’d only do the quick charge a few times per year, I’d trickle charge all night the rest of the year.
I would do it a few times a journey! I trickle each night but my range is tops 370 without AC etc. I charge to 80% to and from work…but I dont go in often
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Why when we can have lead-gasoline nazicars?
