Volkswagen EVs are pretty crap though. Teslas are way above them even if VW is catching up.
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sir_reginald@lemmy.world 5 months agoThey downvote you because that’s a very western-centric vision.
Additionally, a car manufacturer in one of your western nations, Volkswagen, is also one of the top EV manufacturers.
And nearly every other manufacturer like Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes and Ford are now making EVs too. So it’s not like there’s a shortage of non-Tesla EVs in the western.
fosforus@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
All I’m saying that #1 is relative with car brands.
In Europe and the Americas, the Model Y is still king. By you’re right, VW group is catching up.
Right now BYD is killing it because they’re affordable and a brand that centered in the world’s largest auto market. Outside of China, BYDs numbers are very very different.
stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
What makes the Y “king”?
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sales numbers statista.com/…/electric-vehicles-leading-models-e…
fosforus@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Quality, price, availability.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
If BYD was available in the US (and i’m certain BYD is looking into how to get here, probably the same trick Renault tried with Saturn and ultimately Mitsubishi) they would probably saturate the market, because at the very least, they’re affordable. Nobody in Detroit or Wolfsburg will make a cheap EV because Tesla spooked the market into being a luxury thing.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Renault tried it with AMC first and didn’t “succeed“ until merging with Nissan and then Mitsubishi as well. BYD should probably try to buy out them, or somehow license to Stellantis to give them small cars worth buying. I bet an EV Neon would sell if it was remotely affordable (I know, no new cars are affordable to younger drivers, even if it’s a cheap BYD underneath).
jflorez@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
In Australia BYDs sell like hotcakes
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
…com.au/…/vfacts-2023-best-selling-electric-cars-…
jflorez@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Exactly. As the article says the growth of BYD is the biggest challenge to all other manufacturers. They are selling like hotcakes