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China’s BYD is selling more electric cars than Tesla::BYD overtook Tesla to become the world’s biggest electric car company in the final quarter of 2023.

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Where do they sell it? I've never heard of this?

[–] bendm@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

As far as I know, you can't buy a BYD in the US, which is a shame. At $12,000 I'd much rather own a new BYD Seagul than a used ICE car with its breakage prone overly complicated and polluting engineering. https://youtu.be/anoliCXXKIA/&t=119

At least I can still buy an ebike!

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You can't buy BYD passenger cars in the US yet. BYD makes commercial vehicles in California.

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

They sell them in the UK now. I've seen a few on the road. There are a couple of dozen showrooms in the country now, and my utility (electricity and gas) supplier is offering them on finance (amongst a few other options).

So yeah, they're out there.