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BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions

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Re: BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions

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Why does the Heifei look like 1/3 of a cruise liner? What happened to the badonk tail end?

https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/01/BYD-W...

To be fair, it's pretty large. If you zoom in, you can see some people in a door near the middle of the image, and they're nearly microscopic.

Re: BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions

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post #3

Why does the Heifei look like 1/3 of a cruise liner? What happened to the badonk tail end? https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/01/BYD-W... To be fair, it's pretty large. If you zoom in, you can see some people in a door near the middle of the image, and they're nearly microscopic.

https://youtu.be/ovZyGAhde4s

Edit: link updated with alternate documentary video without AI content, please reply with a better video if you find one on roros.

Re: BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions

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post #3

Why does the Heifei look like 1/3 of a cruise liner? What happened to the badonk tail end? https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/01/BYD-W... To be fair, it's pretty large. If you zoom in, you can see some people in a door near the middle of the image, and they're nearly microscopic.

The back 1/4 of the ship is angled at for a ramp that flips down for unloading. It makes the ship look narrower from the angle the photo was taken.

Re: BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions

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post #3

Why does the Heifei look like 1/3 of a cruise liner? What happened to the badonk tail end? https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/01/BYD-W... To be fair, it's pretty large. If you zoom in, you can see some people in a door near the middle of the image, and they're nearly microscopic.

https://youtu.be/ovZyGAhde4s Edit: link updated with alternate documentary video without AI content, please reply with a better video if you find one on roros.

That feels very AI-generated and not in a good way.

Re: BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions

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post #3

Why does the Heifei look like 1/3 of a cruise liner? What happened to the badonk tail end? https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/01/BYD-W... To be fair, it's pretty large. If you zoom in, you can see some people in a door near the middle of the image, and they're nearly microscopic.

RORO car carriers aren't novel concept at all...
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