I see a chart where BYD is at the top for fires… but is that proportional to the prevalence of the brand? I can’t tell whether it’s disproportionately high, disproportionately low, or what.
The best hint is it’s got 11 fires to Tesla’s 5, which does seem disproportionately high…
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t use TikTok at all. I am informed through media that cover EV in particular, as well as general news media. So please stop your childish speculations.
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.
evmarketsreports.com/byds-growing-market-share-in…
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 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.
jaschen@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
Good. Nobody should use TikTok.
Best selling doesn’t mean they are great cars. Teslas are garbage cars too. The best selling cars again, doesn’t mean they are superior cars.
All cars are prone to fire. But BYD have already had a recall for their batteries. reuters.com/…/fans-take-byd-task-recall-confusion…
…yahoo.com/…/byd-recall-more-tang-dm-095837668.ht…
BYD still uses the standard lithium ion batteries. Tesla now uses lithium iron phosphate batteries, if you didn’t know it is considered the safest battery.
I will agree that you and I are experts in this field, but you have to acknowledge that China is intentionally dumping these cars with the intent to kill off competition and gain market share.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I agree, and that wasn’t what I meant, but if you sell more cars of similar quality, there will also be more defects.