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“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 sedan EV with 420 km range in direct attack on legacy makers (thedriven.io)

submitted 9 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm curious how much a similar vehicle would be in North America. Could BYD import it directly?

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It would be considerably more expensive. Safety standards are much higher in Western countries. Also, they still need to build up a sales and maintenance organisation there, that takes a lot of capital. It'll be interesting to see where they land in their price points, though.

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

BYD sells their cars in Australia and we have high safety standards, I don't think they'd need to change much for the US

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But how are the prices compared to China?

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

I did some very quick searching, according to this https://carnewschina.com/2022/12/29/new-2023-byd-dolphin-launched-in-china-price-starts-at-16700-usd/ the Dolphin launched in China for ~AUD$25,400 and you can currently buy it in Australia from AUD$38,890.

So it's obviously more but they have their government discounts. Depending on the state here you can get rebates too.

[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They would build them in Mexico due to the cheap labour (much like the majority of legacy automakers already do) and ship them up North and South.