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The article doesn’t support its own headline. BYD sold 323k EVs while Tesla sold 564k for the first 6 months of the year. So called plug-in hybrids that repre
by pmorici 4y ago
The article doesn’t support its own headline. BYD sold 323k EVs while Tesla sold 564k for the first 6 months of the year.
So called plug-in hybrids that represent the other half of BYD’s sales are just gas powered cars with a very small battery similar to a Prius. To call them EV’s is fake news.
- timbit42 4y agoThe Prius isn't a plug-in hybrid and the NiMH battery can only go a few kilometers. The Prius Prime (aka. Prius Plug-in Hybrid) is a plug-in hybrid with a Li-ion battery that can go 40 kilometers.
- pmorici 4y agoYeah, exactly, not an ev. 40k is so little it wouldn’t even cover the average daily driving distance in the US