- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
KEY POINTS
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.
BYD blows Tesla out of the water
To be fair, a 1986 Toyota Camry blows Tesla out of the water.
Hey, Tesla is a champion in some categories.
Like you’re statistically more likely to die burning to death in a Tesla Cybertruck than a Ford Pinto. That’s a record that has been held for 45 years.
Ah ya, i remember that article. The one where the author used the cyber truck being blown up by a person using fireworks and the limited sales / fires to get to that conclusion the fireworks allowed.
I testdrove a BYD. A bit meh.
I want to like chinese EVs so much, but they put in so many novelties that look like points of failure in 10 years
I just want the electric equivalent of like a miata; reasonably cheap, fun to drive, and trivial to maintain for decades.
I just want a super sized RC car with good suspension.
When the battery runs flat I want to pull up to a battery station and pop off the two ZZ dry cells from the trunk and pop two new ones in for a dollar and go back at it.
Batteries are heavy, you’re looking at .5-1 tons of Li-ion batteries. A number of companies are doing battery swap though it doesn’t seem to be catching on.
If mass production of solid cell batteries works, that could be lowered to 5 40 lb batteries.
So now criticizing Chinese cars gets downvotes on lemmy?
Always has.