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minus-squaregex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoCar manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico Here’s an example with Peugeot
minus-squarenekandro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoIn this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don’t maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC. FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Here’s an example with Peugeot Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Car manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico
Here’s an example with Peugeot
In this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don’t maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC.
FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Here’s an example with Peugeot
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.