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You are choosing an example from more than a decade ago, at a time when not even Chinese people chose BYD vehicles. To wit the S8 sold 103 units. Things have ch
by kccqzy 3y ago
You are choosing an example from more than a decade ago, at a time when not even Chinese people chose BYD vehicles. To wit the S8 sold 103 units. Things have changed. You are ignoring the fact that plenty of BYD's vehicles are already marketed and sold in Europe, other Asian countries, and Australia.
- senkora 3y agoExtremely anecdotally, I saw their vehicles on display at a mall in Costa Rica.
- lgleason 3y agoI have seen a few on the road in Costa Rica as well. There are not a lot of electric cars on the roads down there despite the tax incentives because they are too expensive for the average Tico. You also seen a decent number of Cherry, Geely, Great Wall and JAC on the road down there as well...among other Chinese makes.
- robocat 3y agoI see a few BYD in New Zealand - was outselling model Y last year: https://thedriven.io/2023/06/09/byd-tops-nz-electric-sales-in-2023-as-new-dolphin-hatchback-website-now-live/ https://thedriven.io/2023/06/09/byd-tops-nz-electric-sales-i... although numbers might be misleading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38894690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38894690 NZ mostly buys second hand vehicles from Japan, so new vehicle sales numbers are low.
- kalleboo 3y agoThey have a dealership where I live in a southern Japanese city now. Seems like a very bold move, Japan must be a very difficult market for a Chinese brand... I'm visiting Australia now and you see lots of Great Wall trucks
- manmal 3y agoIn Austria, they have begun winning contracts with public agencies. Their offering is just good, not least due to their top notch battery tech.
- inasio 3y agoI just rode a BYD taxi (Uber) in Mexico city, I believe it was the BYD D1. Super comfortable, tons of leg space, minivan-style door. The driver claimed that after 100K kms the range was still within 1% of baseline.
- brabel 3y agoTheir marketing in Sweden is big: https://bydauto.se/ https://bydauto.se/ They claim to be the world's biggest manufacturer of "battery charging" (electric and hybrid I suppose) vehicles. They look like high end vehicles and I've seen them around often... but never drove one so can't really comment on quality.