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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. auto sector,” the organization writes. auto industry appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Tesla is redefining the “Made in China” moniker with Giga Shanghai: report

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China-made vehicles have long suffered from the reputation of being “low price, low quality, and low value.” ” In a way, such labels were quite fair considering that China had focused its exports in the past on low-quality vehicles that were sold dirt-cheap in developing countries.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

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It cleverly unleashes more space than the Model 3 is shares so much with, has loads of equipment and represents decent value, even if Tesla did remove some features (including the charging cable) and up the price soon after it went on sale. It’s remarkably quiet, even compared to other EVs around the same size and price.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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They also point out that this would reduce the price of the EV , since batteries account for about 30 percent of an EVs total cost. Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

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BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD.

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