Elon Musk once scoffed at the notion that BYD could compete with his company. Now, the automaker run by billionaire Wang Chuanfu is poised to be the new No. 1 in electric vehicles.

Chinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV Maker::Elon Musk once scoffed at the notion that BYD could compete with his company. Now, the automaker run by billionaire Wang Chuanfu is poised to be the new No. 1 in electric vehicles.

  • jaschen@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    50·
    1 year ago

    I don’t wanna be that guy, but BYD are not only garbage tofu cars, they are also HEAVILY subsidized by the CCP in an effort to dump on the competition.

      • jaschen@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        19·
        1 year ago

        I know they are dominating the market. But I’m explaining why they are. It’s NOT because they make superior cars Each car is sold at a loss with the funding/backing of the China government with the sole purpose to dump(kill domestic competition).

        Amazon prime sorta did this on a micro scale. Dump their pricing to kill Barnes and Noble and after they go out of business, they open and replace them with their own stores. But instead of Amazon funding the dump, it’s the god damn CCP and our entire auto industry.

      • ShepherdPie@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Dominating which market though? China is heavily subsidizing these cars like they do with a lot of new tech when they want to undercut non-Chinese companies. I guarantee if any other manufacturer had similar subsidies, the situation would be different.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      How are they garbage? For instance BYD makes the safest batteries available. They started making electric cars about the same time as Tesla.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          I don’t use TikTok at all.

          In EU Tesla has a marketshare equivalent to the rest of EV top 10 combined, I’d guess Tesla also has the most fires of any manufacturer in EU.

          https://evmarketsreports.com/byds-growing-market-share-in-chinas-ev-market/

          In China BYD has 7 of the top 10 most sold models, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9. Tesla only has 3rd and 8th. So obviously BYD sell way more cars in China than Tesla.

          I’m not sure how the numbers shown 11 for Byd and 5 for Tesla for 2020-2022 together with the others, can in any way add up to 640 in first quarter of 2022??
          The numbers of the article you linked simply don’t make any sense. But apart from that, there is no real indication BYD or the other Chinese brands should be more prone to fires than Tesla.

      • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Why do you consider them to be the safest, any specific reason?

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Because it’s been tested to be way safer than other batteries.
          https://evpowerhouse.com.au/blog/byd-blade-battery/

          One of the primary concerns with EVs is battery safety, especially during accidents. Traditional lithium-ion batteries have been prone to overheating and combustion. However, the Blade Battery boasts several safety features, starting with its use of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) for the cathode material. LFP chemistry offers superior stability, even at temperatures as high as 930 °F (500 °C), making it significantly safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries.

          That means it’s generally safer in theory because it more chemically stable.

          The Blade Battery has also passed industry-standard tests, including the “Everest” test, where a nail puncture is used to check the battery’s resistance to ignition during an internal short circuit. Unlike other batteries that charred or exploded during this test, the BYD Blade Battery remained cool at 30-60 °C (85-140 °F), demonstrating its exceptional heat management.

          Practical test results confirm this, and damage that will make other batteries burn explosively, merely makes this battery warm.
          But it’s not 100% safe, there have been accidents that shouldn’t have happened, but did anyway. This is being investigated, and it is still considered significantly safer than competing batteries.

          • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Is true, that’s cool.

            Probably not the type of car I would ever buy. I heard the patent is about to expire so that’s great. Not that I understand why the western world would care about Chinese parents. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      • jaschen@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I wouldn’t go all out saying all Chinese made things are garbage. The majority of cellphones are produced there and many of them are not garbage.

        • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Agreed, China can produce garbage and it can produce amazing things.

          The thing is that companies that outsource to China often want much cheaper manufacturing, which obviously results in lower quality.

          They can produce stuff at the same quality and probably at a higher quantity as anyone else (except maybe for extremely specialised stuff which only 1 company in the world can do)

      • jaschen@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        No, after porn instances got defederated from other instances, I just picked the instance that hasn’t defederated any instances which happens to be the porn instances. I figured it’s the least censored. If I wanted to be censored, I would just go back to reddit.