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New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.

BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.

Elon Musk’s automaker faces a number of challenges in Europe, including intense ongoing competition and reputational damage to the brand.

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    4 个月前

    And this is on top of BYD being pieces of shit themselves. And their cars too

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      4 个月前

      BYD cars are budget, but solid.

      They’re covering up dozens of billions of debt, despite even more government subsidies… But the cars are solid

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        4 个月前

        Yes the financial situation around electric cars in China is rumored to be very weird. Weird as in unsustainable.
        We may see bankruptcies in the Chinese car manufacturing industry. The Chinese government has tried to turn it down, but AFAIK with little success.
        The competition in China is insane, and they all use every possible financial trick in and off the book to survive.

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      4 个月前

      Their cars really aren’t. We rented one in Scotland and it was really nice and felt like any other car I’ve driven.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        4 个月前

        A few days rental tells you nothing about the quality and reliability of a vehicle. Neither do automotive journalist reviews. They never talk about reliability. Australians are not happy with BYDs, even after only 2 years.

        • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zone
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          4 个月前

          Australians are not happy with BYDs, even after only 2 years.

          Source?

          I’m Australian with a BYD and I still like ours.