Comment on Is Tesla Feeling the BYD? A Chinese Giant Shakes Up the EV Electric Car Landscape

• cyd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So you’re just talking about the look of the car? Because BYD has been doing EVs far longer than Porsche, so if anyone is doing a rip-off of the tech, it would be Porsche.

  As far as design goes, BYD’s aesthetics in recent years has a lot to do with them hiring big-shot European designers like Wolfgang Egger. If they’re pulling from the same talent pool as other top carmakers, it’s not so obvious why you’d accuse BYD of copying others, and not vice versa.

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  • Sizzler@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah you don’t get it, the design is a 1 to 1 rip off. I’ll have a quick look to see if I can find the post.

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    • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The tesla model S looks like a decade old eurospec Ford Mondeo.

      Certainly look more alike than a porsche and a byd.

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      • Sizzler@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Lol no it doesn’t.

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    • cyd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you’re referring to the BYD U7 vs the Porsche Taycan, they both look like car. Beyond that, eh.

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    • sudoreboot@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is a different car brand, though?

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      • Sizzler@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It is, haven’t found the one I was thinking of.

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