China’s BYD is selling more electric cars than Tesla::BYD overtook Tesla to become the world’s biggest electric car company in the final quarter of 2023.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    I distinctly recall a recent video from Serpentza showing swathes of BYD electric cars “recalled” or “abandoned”, don’t remember which, mostly due to battery concerns. Can’t look it up right now

    • ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      BYD recalled 53k cars in 2022. The pictures you’re talking about of abandoned EVs in China are mostly from ride-sharing companies that went bankrupt in the mid-2010s (after purchasing the cars with generous subsidies that ended in 2019).

    • Virulent@reddthat.com
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      6 months ago

      Yeah I’m sure the YouTuber who does exclusively “China bad” videos for cults knows what he’s talking about