Amidst a dynamic global market, Chinese automaker BYD has surpassed Ford, securing the fourth spot in global car sales in August, highlighting its resilience and potential in the automotive landscape.
  • WrittenWeird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1319·
    9 months ago

    Uh huh, and how many of these “sold” vehicles are on roads as opposed to sitting in a field somewhere.

    • Diplomjodler@feddit.deEnglish
      93·
      9 months ago

      That’s disinformation. The Chinese have some old EVs sitting in fields but that has nothing to do with BYDs current model lineup.

    • maporita@unilem.orgEnglish
      510·
      9 months ago

      For what purpose? Selling EVs is not like selling property.

      BYD is now the second largest EV vendor in the world and there market share is growing rapidly. They’ve stayed out of the US market for some reason (probably worried about getting hit with sanctions like Huawei) but there are plenty of them in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

      • CosmoNova@feddit.deEnglish
        94·
        9 months ago

        Getting subsidies based on car sales from the chinese government. Just because it‘s state capitalism doesn‘t mean corporations won‘t use every trick in the book to turn a buck, especially in china. This story is widely known with many reports and clips to back them up. There are entire BYD car fleets with license plates that rot away in china.

        • cyd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          102·
          9 months ago

          Here in Southeast Asia, they’ve become a pretty common sight on the roads.

          I suppose the next claim is going to be that BYD is hiring paid actors to drive the cars around…

          • CosmoNova@feddit.deEnglish
            14·
            9 months ago

            Here in Southeast Asia, they’ve become a pretty common sight on the roads.

            Which doesn’t contradict anything I just said.