I'm wondering how many of these $150k+ effectively ever hit even a dirt road. Notwithstanding how heavy it is.
The same proportion of G-class Benzes, Range Rovers and Lexus LXes that go off-road.
BYD's YangWang U8 launched, can float on water for 30 minutes and sail 3km/h
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Re: BYD's YangWang U8 launched, can float on water for 30 minutes and sail 3km/h
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
BYD isn't even available in all markets Tesla is. For it to surpass Tesla globally without selling to US buyers is nothing to shake a stick at.
You can't sell dangerous $10,000 EVs in affluent markets in Europe, North America, Japan, etc. Fairly strict build & safety regulations prevent that.
I'd say dieselgate, Tesla self-driving safety investigation and the recent Toyota/Daihatsu scandal shows regulations are not working as well as people wish them to.
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#123I see China coming for the US auto industry, and fast. It’s 100% the fault of our industry for sitting around doing nothing but repackaging old technology in overpriced chonker trucks and trying to obstruct the EV transition with disinformation. All they want to do is sell the same mediocre gas guzzler forever. Innovators’ dilemma strikes again. Of course I guess Japan decimated US auto last time. It was kinda the sa…
The USA has effectively excluded Chinese cars from its home market.
In Europe and Asia the Chinese makers are rapidly increasing market share, to the considerable chagrin of other manufacturers.
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Extremely anecdotally, I saw their vehicles on display at a mall in Costa Rica.
I 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.
Re: BYD's YangWang U8 launched, can float on water for 30 minutes and sail 3km/h
#125This is a level above companies marking suvs as off-road vehicles, now can float on water 30min before sinking.
I'm really puzzled by the 30 min part, things either seal or they don't. I wonder if it's a genuine limitation or just another one of those standards where devices are tested for 1 hour at 1 meter depth and that's what they advertise.
They have those on watches too. Water proof for 1 hour at 200m or whatever.
Re: BYD's YangWang U8 launched, can float on water for 30 minutes and sail 3km/h
#126It can also do 360 degree self centered turn, which should be useful. No more 3 point turns! Given the flexibility of installing the motors, I've always wondered why electric cars still can't move in a parallel way. That should be very handy when parallel parking.
It can only do the 360 deg turn while floating , which rather limits its utility.
At the end of the article there's an embedded video showing the vehicle doing a tank turn on pavers. The tire manufacturers will love it.
Re: BYD's YangWang U8 launched, can float on water for 30 minutes and sail 3km/h
#127That car's exterior is uglier than Cybertruck
Re: BYD's YangWang U8 launched, can float on water for 30 minutes and sail 3km/h
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
BYD isn't even available in all markets Tesla is. For it to surpass Tesla globally without selling to US buyers is nothing to shake a stick at.
You can't sell dangerous $10,000 EVs in affluent markets in Europe, North America, Japan, etc. Fairly strict build & safety regulations prevent that.
China's EVs are already in the UK under the MG marque (SAIC[0]) and there's no reason to think BYD won't follow suit AFAICT.
It's just a matter of when, not if, from where I'm sitting.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Important detail: BYD's "EV" sales numbers include gasoline-electric hybrids.
Not anymore. That was the thing the last time this was (erroneously) reported.
incorrect. BYD sold 1,574,822 battery electric vehicles in 2023. Tesla sold 1,808,581
https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2024/0101/...
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/tesla-sold-1-8-million-...
Re: BYD's YangWang U8 launched, can float on water for 30 minutes and sail 3km/h
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Extremely anecdotally, I saw their vehicles on display at a mall in Costa Rica.
I see a few BYD in New Zealand - was outselling model Y last year: https://thedriven.io/2023/06/09/byd-tops-nz-electric-sales-i... although numbers might be misleading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38894690
NZ mostly buys second hand vehicles from Japan, so new vehicle sales numbers are low.