The BYD Yuan is looking like a very fine automobile and potentially very well priced.
Model 3 or yuan?
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/byd-yuan-plus-electric…
Tesla or BYD
t_c on 30/08/2021 - 22:29
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the BYD is still forthcoming and who knows when they will be on road
also BYD wont be anywhere near the performance of a Model 3 given its only 150kW/320Nm
Model Y would be a better comparo but thats not here yet either
Tesla and BYD aren’t the only two EV manufacturers. Heaps of other options worth comparing. MG, Hyundai, Nissan are the most popular ones.
mg and byd are first and foremost because of price
im uncertain of korean ev tech and nissan only seem to do the leaf so far?
ariya is going to be expensive
Talking of Korean EV, I was hanging out for the new Ioniq 5 being released, hoping that it would be a more entry level EV that was going to start of the price revolution in Australia…
Spoke to my local dealer about pre ordering one, but no price as of that time… few months later, official announcement from Hyundai and an estimated price… from mid $70k (rwd) to just over $100k (awd) + on roads… for what is basically an electric i30 with some tech and a cyberpunk body kit…
If I’m paying Tesla $$’s, I’m buying Tesla, not a Hyundai.
This ^^^
Further Teslas look distinctive but they dont look like science experiments (barring nonsense like the Cybertruck)
Koreans overrate themselves IMO and their EVs either look like ordinary EVs or something a lot of people wont gravitate to…. eg. who wants a BMW i3?
I dont want to roll around in anything like that… and thats all Korean EVs look like to me. FURTHER theres the question of resale… say no more. Teslas will always have buyers slash sycophants after their cars. The Koreans?? LOL
To me China seems to have escaped a lot of that science experiment look. This BYD looks ok I guess but people will take to it more if its not stupid money.
That BYD name and Yuan Plus? China Currency Plus??? OOF… like Great Wall Steed/Cannon bad.
Tesla 💪🏿
Tesla, because if you have Tesla money, you don’t buy BYD… and at this point, BYD is hot air in Australia until they start talking less and importing more. (MG didn’t even make this much of a hoo har when they released their EV.)
BYD in Australia is more in the venture capital phase and I wouldn’t be holding my breath for anything within the next 2 years while they keep talking bullshit to extract dollars from investors.
We will get the dregs of last years BYD models with no features. The “entry level” cheap EV will be a complete and utter shitbox that will underwhelm and underperform or as it gets closer to the release date, the price will start going up and up with excuses after excuses…
And if you are going to shop cheap EV’s, shop the BYD against an MG EV, not a Tesla. That’s like saying, should I get the Corolla or the BMW 3 series…
the only thing byd have up against everyone else is that they own their own battery tech
they invented the iron phosphate battery and they're already dominiant in the field of public buses, syd transit runs their buses in certain routes
however that does not translate necessarily obviously to passenger cars which they still have zero exposure here even though they promised so much
MGs are shit but at least they're here and not talking bulllshit which is all i hear from byd nextport
BYD in Australia is more in the venture capital phase and I wouldn’t be holding my breath for anything within the next 2 years while they keep talking bullshit to extract dollars from investors.
Unlike King Elon and the mighty Semi, Cyberpunktruck and roadster? All announced 3 years ago and not even an engineering sample available yet.
As Elon himself says: prototype is easy, production is 100 times harder.
I wasn't referring to prototypes. BYD already have cars that are being sold in other markets that they could ship to Australia. The difference between BYD and Tesla in Australia is you can walk down to a Tesla dealer right now and buy a Tesla car. You cannot walk down to a Nexport dealer and buy a BYD.
Nexport is a venture capital type offering. They are talking big and making lots of noise, but like a Harley Davidson motorcycle, a lot of noise does not always equal a lot of work being done. They are looking at getting the hype train up and running and are making promises that are either going to fall way off target, or corners are going to have to be cut to get to the goal posts. We will most likely get the older vehicles that have been replaced in the home land with newer models.
I hope that BYD do come to Australia and that they do all this EV price disruption they are gabbing on about. I think that it is good for the market. More competition, more choices. But for the moment, all I see is a corporate mouth piece selling dreams to eager investors and not sourcing a lot of this "cheap EV" stock they are promising…
I really hope that Nexport make me eat those words in the next 3 to 6 months, but, like I said before… "I wouldn't be holding my breath…"
Everyone can see that Elon has issues with getting prototypes to market… hell even stuff like Model Y
however how are people blind to Musk building actual charge infrastructure far and beyond anyone else
how are people blind to the fact that the Model 3 and Model S are now fairly common on Aust. roads?
I pass an actual showroom every day. You can buy a Model 3 and wank over it in the privacy of your own garage or publicly on forums if you have $60,000. The Model S has been around for what? 5yrs 6yr???
Do people want to gloss over these hard to accept facts?
CHINESE and FINE only work with the word BONE.
They might, but they’ve picked their target market pricing and will probably stick with it. They might introduce a smaller cheaper model, but don’t hold your breath.
I wont. Doesn't worry me at all actually but while their current pricing might be OK for a certain demographic there are many more people who would buy one if they were more affordable.
That’s where MG and BYD come in.
I’d like to see a startup buy the Holden name and give us some Aussie EVs
What in English spells Hydraulic is in Italian Idraulico. Latin countries usually avoid the H. The company is owned by China and they supply anybody.
Musk is well ahead but once they spit out asses and fronts for the model Y at a rate of 1000 every 24h it will be a global affair assembling their cars.
Whatever they learn will be put into the model 2 and that means electric for the masses! More batteries are needed!Here's hoping, I really can't see how any other company can more efficiently build an EV than Tesla's approach (without subsidies)
Model 3 or yuan?
Pretty pointless comparison. The Model 3 is a sedan. The Yuan is a SUV. Completely different body shape.
It's more of a competitor to the MG ZS EV, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Tesla Model YIt's called BYD Yuan?? LOL. Might as well have it in red with 5 golden stars.
Thats the RR of PRC made cars, call HongQi.
Hongqi makes sense in their language. it means red flag. "Red Flag limos for the CCP and President Winnie Xi."
It just sounds stupid phonetically translated.
Model 3 is nearly double the price, but if you’ve got the money.. stick with musk