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BYD Says Inflation Reduction Act Keeping Out Cheap EVs — Does That Make Sense?

CleanTechnica EVs

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD thinks the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act is preventing the sale of cheap electric cars in the United States. We asked BYD’s CEO whether or not the company would bring its popular electric vehicles (EVs) to the US a couple of times in the past decade. Does this make sense?

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AAM Calls Cheap Chinese EVs Built In Mexico “An Extinction Level Event”

CleanTechnica EVs

Cars built by Chinese companies like BYD in Mexico could have a devastating effect on American manufacturers, according to AAM. The post AAM Calls Cheap Chinese EVs Built In Mexico “An Extinction Level Event” appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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BYD Europe aims to beat Tesla & big EU automakers

Teslarati

BYD Europe aims to beat Tesla and other prominent EU automakers, like Volkswagen and Stellantis. BYD European boss Michael Shu made bold claims during the Financial Times’ Future of the Car Summit. BYD Europe wants to triple its market in the region by 2025. It also plans to partner with European dealerships.

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Comment on BYD rolls out new, less expensive variants for 2 NEV models to further undercut fuel cars by Lawrence

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Unlike Genesis and Toyota models, BYD and so many other Chinese makers, are not resorting to the cheap and dated, chicken wire grilles. It really makes a difference to see a car with a classy, and novel looking grille coming in your direction.

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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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The BYD Atto 3 and MG4 are great, but there is one cheap Chinese electric vehicle that’s not quite there yet…. Opinion

EV Central

There was a time when brave car companies, and Saab in particular, thought it would be amusing to build cars with silly amounts of torque and then attempt to put it through the front wheels alone. I recently spent a week in the GWM Ora, a car that would have made even Saab’s semi-suicidal engineers blanche in fear.

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Could a tiny $30,000 2024 Hyundai Casper electric SUV challenge the BYD Dolphin and MG4 in Australia?

EV Central

EVCentral’s Korean Casper test Developed to an ultra-low price of “less than €20,000” ($A33,000), Hyundai hopes the Casper EV will democratise electric cars in Europe, while fending off the new wave of cheap electric cars from the likes of MG and BYD. litre and slotted in a battery-electric powertrain.

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