BYD shares first official images of its $14k-$20k Yuan Up SUV

not surprised it looks like a honda

> [BYD snagged] the EV sales crown from longtime leader Tesla in 2023...

Does anyone know offhand how many watts of batteries each sold?

Tesla's models are larger and IIRC is also battery supply constrained. Whereas BYD's sells proportionally more smaller vehicals, so can sell more vehicals with the battery supply they have.

Also, which has better margins? Is this competition like iPhone vs Android, where Apple scooped up most of the profit? (Acknowledging that Musk Inc feasts at the trough of govt subsidies. And IIRC the CCP does the same for BYD .)

> Expected to arrive priced in a range between $14,000-$20,000

Would you want to drive in a $14k day from a safety/quality perspective? How many "corners cut" does that represent?

I will never get over the branding of BYD's first exported model,[0] the "Han."[1]

What would be the equivalent? The Chevy Caucasian model for the China market?

Maybe I am missing something, but this just seems like an odd choice.

[0] https://ev-database.org/car/1784/BYD-HAN

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese

edit: To be clear, I don't discount that manufacturing and battery powerhouse China could rule the EV world. I'm old enough to recall the jokes about Japanese quality. That would be a dumb mistake for "The West" to make again.

their naming scheme is after dynasties (e.g. Han, Song, Tang, etc) rather than ethnicities (Han, Hui, Manchu, etc) so I guess an equivalent would be like the Seat Habsburg or something.