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

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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 Europe aims to beat Tesla & big EU automakers

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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. “We are confident that we could be in a leading position.

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

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Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. 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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Toyota Australia’s bZ4X price warning: ‘it’s not going to be cheap’

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READ MORE: Toyota bZ family to expand beyond bZ4X However, Toyota Australia vice president of sales and marketing Sean Hanley has again warned the bZ4X won’t be cheap in a sign that suggests it will be priced north of $70,000 before on-road costs. This car will not be a cheap car.”

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Everything you need to know about the 2023 BYD Dolphin in Australia: Pricing, grades, specifications, power outputs and driving range

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The BYD Dolphin will be available in three model grades with prices starting from $38,890 plus on-road costs. Buying the cheapest BYD Dolphin Dynamic is about $800 cheaper than buying the cheapest MG4 Excite with the smaller battery pack. The BYD Dolphin Sport BYD also announced it would have a Dolphin Sport.

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

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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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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. @AMortalDefiant In reply to AMortalDefiant. Also, China is still a much poorer market overall than the US and Europe, cars are bound to be cheaper there.

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