New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China

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Lethe said:
In local media here I have read talk of a
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Shark 6 with larger 2.0L engine and 3.5 tonne tow capacity. It's worth bearing in mind that those "February" Shark 6 numbers also include 450 sales made in January but not counted in that month. The real February count is 1576 Sharks making up 56% of BYD sales for the month. Shark 6 is an impressive vehicle that has made a strong start here, but I think it will be some months before we can get a picture of what ongoing demand looks like.

If you take out Shark, BYD sales in Australia actually declined in both January (down 48% YoY) and February (down 19% YoY). Obviously we don't know what the supply situation is like (EVDirect has suggested there were port issues in January), and also the overall market is down 5.4% after a record 2024. But while it is far too soon to panic, there also isn't much evidence of the 100% year-over-year target growth trajectory touted by local talking heads.
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nobody knows the order situation, but they will most likely continue to launch new models like Sea Lion 07 EV soon and that will also add orders. But in terms of shark, this is just a situation where they have to launch a competitive pickup in many of the global markets to capture those demand. Looking at the top sales models, many are pickups.
 
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I have observed this phenomenon of Chinese automobile manufacturer on Chinese social media，that they cannot tolerate any negative comments/feedback/review of their products.

This happens more and more frequent now. People post some complain about the car they bought on social media，the manufacturer got mad，they either demand the platform to take down the posts，or sue the person，sometimes even ask the police to arrest the person.

This phenomenon seems unique to China.
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Ask the police to arrest someone? Was there slander? Did they believe it was foul play from a competitor? Otherwise it would just be stupid, wouldn't it?

10 years ago, my mom bought a new car in Texas. Got home, the AC's not cold. Took it back to the dealer and dealer said it's normal. Went to another dealer and that dealer says it's totally not normal. She went back and said if it's normal, show me another car on your floor with an AC like that. Dealer says it's case-by-case. My mom asks for a refund and they say no, because it's used now. Mom went home, wrote them a scathing review. They responded publically in minutes, "We are dedicated to customer support. As we offered you in store, if you are not happy, you may return it at any time. But you did not want to. That offer still stands if you change your mind." My mom drove right back and returned it successfully.

Phenomenon seems unique to the US.
 
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