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The Driven, an Australian car news site is reporting on a new EV offering from Chinese auto manufacturer BYD
From the article:
At $US15,000, BYD's new Qin EV is already being touted as a "Corolla killer" as the world's second largest EV maker continues to disrupt the global auto market.
Launched earlier this week in China, the all-electric Qin Plus has five models priced between 109,800 RMB to ($A23,300) to 139,800 RMB ($A29,700).
The Qin Plus comes with a 100 kW motor and the option of either a 48 kWh battery providing 420 km CLTC range or a 57.6 kW hour battery with 510 km range.
[...] Indeed, most legacy car makers, at least those that are bothering to make EVs at scale at all, are still focused on the top end of the market, selling premium and heavy and high cost EVs, largely to protect their ICE business. In the US, the major car makers are retreating rapidly on their EV plans.
BYD, which is challenging Tesla as the biggest EV maker in the world, says it's "officially opening a new era where electricity is lower than oil."
Additional reporting on the BYD Qin:
https://electrek.co/2024/02/19/byd-launches-15k-qin-plus-ev-kicking-off-price-war-gas-cars/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-hybrids/byd-launches-qin-plus-ev-honor-edition-electric-cars-now-cheaper-than-gasoline/ar-BB1izoNY
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/02/byd-launches-11000-qin-plus-dm-i-phev-in-china/
(Score: 5, Interesting) by istartedi on Sunday February 25 2024, @06:37PM (4 children)
Parent modded Troll, but that's a bit harsh. Better to rebut with actual stories [electrek.co] about them getting a foothold in North America. Building a plant in Mexico definitely gets rid of the shipping issues, and of course they'll have to make sure they meet US safety standards but they may already do that. It's not that hard. They also wouldn't be above dumping product on the market. This is a Chinese company after all. I don't care to be seen tooling around in one; but you know a lot of people won't care and it most definitely *will* put pressure on other makers. Tesla might have the least to fear, since they're a bit of a luxury brand; but the other makers are going to have to step up.
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(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday February 25 2024, @07:06PM (3 children)
It has received 3 moderations - 2 positive and 1 negative. Unfortunately it is the latest one that gets displayed. There is still plenty of time for it to be countered if anyone feels that it should be. There is no indication that it is moderation abuse - the person making the negative moderation obviously feels that it deserves it.
(Score: 5, Informative) by sgleysti on Sunday February 25 2024, @07:52PM (2 children)
Personally, I consider a comment with a score of 3 or higher and a rating of Troll to be somewhat of an honor.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday February 26 2024, @03:08PM (1 child)
Hmm..., pretty sure +5 Troll is possible. +5 Troll just means "controversial opinion" and is actually legitimately hard to achieve.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday February 26 2024, @03:53PM
But it has been done on this site - I will try and dig out a link later...