Comment on Is Tesla Feeling the BYD? A Chinese Giant Shakes Up the EV Electric Car Landscape
cyd@lemmy.world 6 months agoSo 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.
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.
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.
Sizzler@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Lol no it doesn’t.
Hyperreality@kbin.social 6 months ago
The ford mondeo was 'inspired' by the Aston Martin Rapide. This was at a time when Ford owned Aston Martin. Fisker and Porritt, who worked at tesla when the model S came out, also worked for Ford/Aston Martin.
It's not just me either. For example, here's a ten year old thread on the tesla forum which mentions it:
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/ford-mondeo-copying-s-design.42767/
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.
sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
That is a different car brand, though?
Sizzler@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
It is, haven’t found the one I was thinking of.