BYD still has to compete against vinfast which is supported by Vietnam.
New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China
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BYD still has to compete against vinfast which is supported by Vietnam.
Lethe
Captain
It's difficult to know how important local suspension tuning really is, commercially speaking. It does seem to be consistently observed by local outlets here that Chinese vehicles are tuned more softly than we are accustomed to, with a greater emphasis on comfort at the expense of dynamics and control under more challenging conditions. Is it worth looking at? Maybe, maybe not. Probably it depends on how hard these brands really want to push for a leading position in the Australian market. Offering attractive vehicles with impressive features and technology at compelling prices will deliver a certain level of success, but to build beyond that requires consumer confidence in the brand. Conducting and marketing local suspension tuning could be one way of showing attention to detail and care for the complete customer experience. It is probably more important to sort out complicated that make it look like you have something to hide (BYD), not have rear wheels under heavy braking (GWM Tank 300), and to avoid that your vehicle is of "poor quality" (LDV). But something to keep in mind, nonetheless.
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supercat
Major
Although it seems that China's auto industry turned the table in merely 2-3 years, it's actually the result of the endeavour of a generation. It probably started with a letter from Qian Xuesen in 1992, and the rest is history.
Here is the daily scary story about Chinese EVs in the Western media.
However, even some Western commentators start to realize the reality of the US regime's trade war against the Chinese EV supply chain.
Unless an efficient battery recycling ecosystem can be established, used EV batteries will cause environmental problems in 8-10 years down the line. However, large scale battery swapping can mitigate the problem significantly.
Of course he is totally not bias.
very important to consider here
Due to incoming Brazilian and Mexican tariffs on Chinese EVs, BYD is trying to ship as many EVs to those countries as possible before July. As such, export numbers will be higher in June and then probably fall off in 2nd half of the year
Huge growth left for BYD and rest of China's auto Inc even if they have minimal presence in EU and Japan
Due to incoming Brazilian and Mexican tariffs on Chinese EVs, BYD is trying to ship as many EVs to those countries as possible before July. As such, export numbers will be higher in June and then probably fall off in 2nd half of the year
Huge growth left for BYD and rest of China's auto Inc even if they have minimal presence in EU and Japan
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The tariffs are being put there to basically save overpriced EVs. The reality is that EV in the US and the West in general are basically high price luxury cars, the lack of EV infrastructure is already dampening adoption and on top the traditional car makers are looking any excuse in the playbook to stop making EVs because is really no profitable to them. The threat that a cheap EV like the BYD one could have forced Tesla but more special traditional US car makers to produce cheaper EVs and invest more in EV infrastructure.
supercat
Major
Here is one of the reasons why the West's EV industry can't keep up with China's.
American EV industry can't compete with China's despite previous government subsidies and the current IRA.
No decoupling - Audi and SAIC have formed a partnership to jointly develop EVs.
Today's scary tale about China's EV industry - quite some coping and seething in it:
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BYD Song Pro DM-i video. all the customers form smaller cities and townships
Li Auto pushing back the release of its BEV SUVs to next year
Li Auto pushing back the release of its BEV SUVs to next year
BYD Seal DM-i in EU, getting launched from Rome. Available from 29.99k to 40.05k EUR
BYD Sea Lion 07 able to do 80 km/h AEB, not bad for a car of its price range
BYD Song L new look
BYD Sea Lion 07 able to do 80 km/h AEB, not bad for a car of its price range
BYD Song L new look
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Besides the infrastructure, I can say that another thing is that the electricity prices are really high now in Europe, soon the 'shields' are starting to end, and the prices will go even higher. I think in terms of cost right now driving EV is not much different than Ice cars, in China cost of driving EV is peanuts. These Polish guys live in China, they both have Chinese EV and say how cheap the driving is. One guy bought the fastest version of Xiaomi Su7