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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

Teslarati

Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. While BYD said just last month that it has no plans to enter the U.S. BYD last year sold 1.57

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BYD points to strong partnership with Tesla, wants to fight ICE together

Electrek

BYD had some nice words for Tesla, which it now sees as a strong partner in the fight to take the auto industry away from combustion engine vehicles.

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BorgWarner providing BYD Auto with turbo technology for hybrids

Green Car Congress

BorgWarner is supplying its advanced wastegate turbocharging technology for numerous hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) from BYD Auto Industry Company Limited. The turbochargers boost BYD Auto’s 1.5-liter liter direct injection gasoline engine in its Qin, Song and Yuan HEVs as well as the 2.0-liter

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China NEV insurance registrations for week ending Mar 12: BYD 37,141, Tesla 17,032, NIO 2,170

CN EV Post

Insurance registrations for conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles were 211,000 last week, down 12.28 BYD 's NEVs saw 37,141 insurance registrations last week, down from 38,932 the previous week. Li Auto registered 4,243 units last week, up from 3,222 units the previous week.

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China auto price war: BMW dealers offer discounts of up to $14,360 for i3

CN EV Post

The rumors and the dealers' moves come as the Chinese auto industry is staging a rare price war. As things stand, car companies are already stampeding each other, Cailian quoted auto industry analyst Zhu Yulong as saying.

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Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

Mitsubishi Triton to target BYD Ute and Ford Ranger with all-new plug-in hybrid system READ MORE: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV long-term review: Laziness destroys our fuel savings, but plug-in potential is clear READ MORE: Is this a window into the Mitsubishi Triton’s all-electric future in Australia? “We he asked. “We

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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

Baua Electric

As artificial intelligence becomes the new horsepower for car buyers, established automakers are redoubling efforts to match the digital features that set Tesla, BYD and other new rivals apart, industry executives and analysts said at the CES technology show in Las Vegas. software developer.

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