Go ahead virtue signalers, buy your cheap EV. Don’t come crying when the battery lights your house on fire, and the car breaks down because its a Chinese PoC.
“...put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles...”
That ain’t saying much.
Plus, would anyone here drive or let a family member drive any piece of crap made in China? BYD are utter junk and deadly. Plenty of videos of them burning up on Chinese roads, crashes where no airbags deploy, etc ...
I remember the last tiny car the Chinese shipped here. It was called the Smart Car. There were quite a few on the streets for a year or two. After that, they seem to have vanished into thin air. Gee, I wonder why.
“sells for around $12,000 in China”
And how much in the US? After it has to meet US standards?
Setting all other things aside, $10k seems about the right price for an EV. If you just need basic transport in a local area, it could make sense.
Detroit cant do it, so do people accept that and walk, or do they buy something that gets them local region transport?
Im not an EV fan myself, but this could be viable for a lot of people.
Maybe china can sell us a bunch of used rickshaws so the purists among us can let someone have transportation.
BYD = Burn your dollars?
The ChiComs sell almost zero cars in the US.