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The BYD Yuan UP Is Tesla's Biggest Challenge In China Yet

InsideEVs

This cheap SUV could be what helps BYD overthrow Tesla as the best-selling EV automaker.

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Comment on Automakers' share of China's NEV market in Jan: BYD tops with 31%, Tesla 5th with 6% by david k.d.

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BYD's market strategy has always been different from Tesla's. A big part of its success is gotten from the fact that it had cheap cars at good prices. Also, China is still a much poorer market overall than the US and Europe, cars are bound to be cheaper there. @AMortalDefiant In reply to AMortalDefiant.

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

Teslarati

China is the world’s largest automotive market, and understandably so, an important one for electric vehicle (EV) makers like Tesla. Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. BYD last year sold 1.57

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BYD Yuan UP Is Good And Cheap: Video

InsideEVs

China-based YouTube channel Wheelsboy is super impressed with the $14,000 EV crossover.

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Chevy Bolt cheap? This Chinese knockoff is a third the price, readying for export

Electrek

The BYD Seagull looks a lot like the venerable Chevy Bolt EV , but comes in at a literal fraction of the price… but with a fraction of the specs as well. more… The post Chevy Bolt cheap? This Chinese knockoff is a third the price, readying for export appeared first on Electrek.

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BYD overtakes VW’s 15-year-run as top seller in China

Baua Electric

500,000th BYD Dolphin rolls off assembly line (Source: BYD) China’s behemoth BYD overtook Volkswagen as the best-selling car brand in China last year, the first time any carmaker outsold the German brand since at least 2008. BYD reported 2.4 BYD reported 2.4 Last year, BYD sold 1.6

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EU’s anti-subsidy EV probe prompts retaliation from China

Teslarati

The European Commission’s anti-subsidy probe into electric vehicle (EV) imports from China prompted a retaliation from the Chinese government. Fortune states that Beijing’s probe targets liquor producers directly competing with China’s most valuable state-owned company. China has had a distinct advantage when it comes to prices.

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