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BYD literally sold more cars than Tesla in 2022. [1] [1]: https://www.ev-volumes.com/country/total-world-plug-in-vehicle-volumes/ https://www.ev-volumes.com/co
by esjeon 3y ago
BYD literally sold more cars than Tesla in 2022. [1]
[1]: https://www.ev-volumes.com/country/total-world-plug-in-vehicle-volumes/ https://www.ev-volumes.com/country/total-world-plug-in-vehic...
- resolutebat 3y agoOnly if you include plug-in hybrids, which made up half their sales.
- endisneigh 3y agoWhy wouldn’t you include them?
- vardump 3y agoThey were talking about BEVs and plug-in hybrids aren't BEVs.
- hedora 3y agoAs I understand it, the BYD hybrids have an ICE engine as an afterthought, and the battery is the primary energy source. In contrast, most plug in hybrids in the US assume you’ll regularly turn the engine on in normal operation.
- papichulo4 3y agoDo you drive, or own a car?
- dominojab 3y ago[dead]
- endisneigh 3y agoWhen you think about it the distinction is meaningless.
- spiderice 3y agoK I thought about it.. the distinction definitely doesn't seem meaningless. Or even small.
- endisneigh 3y agoAt the end of the day both plug in hybrids and bevs are capable of driving without gas and entirely on electricity. The only meaningful difference wrt electric driving is battery size
- 7e 3y agoLikely BYD’s BEV sales alone will eclipse Tesla’s this year. In the first half of 2023, BYD has sold 1,255,637 EVs.
- DoesntMatter22 3y agoThey make hardly any money on them so how much it matters is debatable. Tesla is Apple and BYD is like One Plus (bad analogy because One Plus doesn't sell many cars) but still. Tesla isn't at much risk from BYD. BYD will eat the low end of the market around the world though.
- nly 3y agoBecause all that matters is profit right, not moving people to EVs
- sunshinerag 3y agoIt can be both. In fact it’s the BEST when both.
- WinstonSmith84 3y ago> Tesla is Apple and BYD is like One Plus (bad analogy because One Plus doesn't sell many cars) Yeah, it's a very bad analogy, nobody on budget buys a OnePlus 11. A One Plus 11 is 1- just slightly cheaper than an iPhone 14 and 2- is technically on par https://www.makeuseof.com/oneplus-11-vs-iphone-14-plus/ https://www.makeuseof.com/oneplus-11-vs-iphone-14-plus/ - almost a counter example ironically
- DoesntMatter22 3y agoTalking about what one plus was originally obviously
- martin8412 3y agoYou can't compare Tesla profit with other car manufacturers. The numbers are not calculated the same way. If you take your Volkswagen to have something fixed within the warranty period, then the cost of repair is taken from the warranty repair pool associated with that model/year configuration, lowering the profit per sold car. If you take a Tesla in for repair, they'll most of the time do a goodwill repair which doesn't come out of the warranty pool, and therefore doesn't affect profit per car. They work out to the same number in the end, but per car profitability looks better for Tesla when trying to attract suck... outside investment.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoDid they sell more in value? Huawei sells more phones than Apple, but apple makes way more money selling phones than Huawei does.
- bufferoverflow 3y agoCars, but not EVs. You're counting hybrids.