Just to put things into perspective on how much ahead the Chinese EV industry is. Buick is making news for wanting launch 5 new EVs in China by 2025 including 2 unveiling this year, but not unveiling one is America until 2024.
Of course, that is still way too small and way too slow against this EV wave. By the time they get here with EV, China would already be much farther along with Smart vehicles.
Tesla is considered by most people in the West to be the forerunners in EV movement. Imo, it has bundled its smart vehicle transitions. This is a good example,
Musk claimed for years that Tesla can achieve FSD with just the 8 cameras and on board computer they had. According to Taylor Ogan, they were using backup computer, because the main one was running out of processing power. And now, they are getting a higher pixel camera and new radar which will probably overwhelm the on board computer. It seems to me that he did this to cut cost in order to boost profit and now realizes that they were overly ambitious. Tesla has the first mover advantage in the EV market, but it maybe blowing its lead by not moving fast enough and not reaching FSD for many years. BYD has really said they expect to put Lidar, MMW radar and Cameras along with their latest chips on their new cars in order to become the leaders in smart driving. I think if auto companies don't push the envelope in China, they will get left behind. And when China hits Europe, it's going to blow people away.
If you just look at Jidu's Robo-1, it has Lidar, radar, 12 ultrasonic radar, 12 cameras, that's a lot of sensors to integrate. I think most non-Chinese automakers simply aren't ready for this many sensors, the # of chips required and the software portion of it. If you look at Huawei, they have the chip production and hardware/software integration and AI expertise that they can just throw at building cars. What they don't have is experience in car design, safety and auto manufacturing. Similarly, Baidu has the software/AI experience and are partnered up with Geely to handle the auto manufacturing portion. If I'm BYD, I'd be as worried about Huawei and Baidu as I would be about Tesla, NIO and VW.
Denza brand is rapidly expanding to 76 stores. BYD is really ramping everything up with its higher tier brands
Tang SUV is probably the most expensive vehicle in BYD lineup. DM-p starting pre-sale at 292k to 332k RMB.
As I mentioned previously, BYD wasn't really competitive in India with the very old E6 van. Now, it is expected to launch Atto 3 (Yuan plus EV) in India in 2023.
. It's definitely going to be a very expensive car for the Indian market. I think if they are looking to launch Atto 3, there then Dolphin and Seal will probably launch there in 2023 or 2024. BYD needs to get itself ready for large scale export.
More report on BYD negotiating to buy fords plant in Brazil to assemble complete/semi knock down kits.
BYD atto 3 ready for Singapore in July
Huge demand for EV transformation in California due to environmental concerns and high gas prices. With autonomous driving and EV technology, BYD can do well in the future trucking market.
The BYD 8TT in the demo had 23,210 miles on the odometer. With a half-load, it gets 167 miles of range. A full load cuts that to 124 miles. BYD had electric trucks in service in the U.S. before anyone. It has delivered more than 100 of its 8TT model, including 21 to
in Southern California.
