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A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling.

The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much. A shorter-range version costs under $10,000.

Tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles probably will keep the Seagull away from America’s shores for now, and it likely would sell for more than 12 grand if imported.

But the rapid emergence of low-priced EVs from China could shake up the global auto industry in ways not seen since Japanese makers exploded on the scene during the oil crises of the 1970s. BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” could be a nightmare for the U.S. auto industry.

“Any car company that’s not paying attention to them as a competitor is going to be lost when they hit their market,” said Sam Fiorani, a vice president at AutoForecast Solutions near Philadelphia. “BYD’s entry into the U.S. market isn’t an if. It’s a when.”

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[–] blazera@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

a threat to US auto industry? You promise? Cus US auto industry is a climate killing powerhouse of gas guzzling SUV's. Any politicians wanting to pretend to be capitalist, or to be in favor of the environment, let me buy this car.

[–] interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

No one i know under 50 years old wants a giant truck or suv, and thats all they wanna sell us. My only friends with new car $ bought a small wagon, which is all I'd want myself.

Those huge electric pickups are too heavy for our guardrails on top of everything else; it's insane and dangerous to let the big three make car culture here even worse.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

No one i know under 50 years old wants a giant truck or suv

Where could we even park them if we did? My garage barely fits the two sedans my wife and I need to get to work on opposite sides of town, in a city with functionally no mass transit.

I might not mind owning a single SUV if I used it exclusively for long trips and as a make-shift camping van. But I simply do not have the acreage in my postage-stamp lot size of a three-story walk-up to host more than that. Not that some of my neighbors don't try, clogging all the sidewalks and curb spaces with their monster trucks.

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

Then you just don't know many people. Or live in a bubble. I see people in their twenties driving trucks in the richest city in my state known for being a hyper liberal college town.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I know so many boomers with fucking monster vehicles. Even my car nut friends daily drive sedans and small EV's. We're not idiots or rich.

[–] Ozone6363@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We're not idiots or rich

So poor people drive smaller, cheaper cars. Got it.

You're just in different circles, I suppose.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I think you're reading into it the wrong way buddy.

I don't have the money for a big car and don't need one. Taking out a massive loan just to have a big car would be idiotic.