Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 month agoDoesn’t the EU balance it out with tariffs?
No.
Those cheap BYDs ain’t all that cheap here
Yes they are.
Now if EU increased subsidies for domestic EV production, domestic solar panel production, etc… We could really have something great.
Truth there.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Hmm
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 month ago
Yes, we have established that the EU has tariffs. What we’ve not established is that BYD isn’t significantly less expensive than other brands in the EU.
Mercedes, Audi, etc. are established several decade old prestigious brands that don’t need rock bottom prices to gain market share.
BYDs don’t “seem” cheap. They are cheap.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Yes, they’re cheap because the competition is higher end vehicles. BYD’s own high end models are expensive too. They don’t sell the Han here because you could get EQE or i5 for that amount.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 month ago
No they’re not. They’re cheap because they’re subsidized.