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Bean_TigerB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 2 years ago

Chinese electric car maker BYD is about to steal Tesla's crown. Here's why it's winning the race.

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Chinese electric car maker BYD is about to steal Tesla's crown. Here's why it's winning the race.

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Bean_TigerB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 2 years ago
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China's BYD is almost certain to sell more electric cars worldwide in the final quarter of 2023 and take pole position over Tesla for the first time.
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  • Dave_The_SlushyB
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    2 years ago

    They’ve out Toyota’d Toyota - good for them.

    Nice enough, reasonable price, good range - exactly what most people want in an EV.

  • duke_of_alinorB
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    I think Tesla will just let BYD have the lowest market segment. I don’t see Tesla making a car that is just around town. Since that is the largest volume sales BYD will do very well.

    • Latter_Box9967B
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      2 years ago

      Is it better to make $2 each on 50 vehicles, or $1 each on 100 vehicles?

      (I don’t know)

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    With BYD set to overtake Tesla, is there a reason the market cap is so massively in favour of Tesla?

    Tesla, of course, has a much bigger lead over BYD in market capitalization. Its shares are worth roughly $820 billion while BYD’s market cap is roughly $110 billion.

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    China subsides BYD while taxing Tesla.

    Almost all EVs sold in China are exempt from a vehicle purchase tax, making them more affordable for drivers, which then boosts overall consumer demand and revenue for automakers.

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    Beside being cheaper, do they offer same quality or are there se trade-off?

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    Don’t they only sell in China tho

  • nexus22nexus55B
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    2 years ago

    They actually care about build quality and have proper QA?

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    2 years ago

    They are winning the race because the sells numbers in china are artificially inflated

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    2 years ago

    https://www.autoevolution.com/news/byd-most-likely-faked-its-2022-sales-numbers-real-sales-could-be-much-lower-210761.html

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