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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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BYD’s low-cost Seagull EV now starts at under $8,000 in China (electrek.co)

submitted 6 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

BYD sells in Europe. They do ok. It’s no Chery Amulet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9jeF_ADG4

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Making a safe inexpensive car is easy when you don't over inflate the price of basic safety equipment like airbags.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago

And in Australia, we don't have any tarrifs on Cars. BYD keeps rocketing up the sales charts, along with Geely under all its combined labels.

No Seagulls here though.

[–] houseofleft@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

They have pretty high tariff rates in the EU tbf[0], obviously not anything like 104%, but still very high compared to normal rates.

[0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly20n4d0g9o

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

We need to return the magical amulet to the bu-nana king, Chhhaarrrliieeeee!

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Safety standards aren't the same in Europe and North America and Europe is less restrictive on very small vehicles.

[–] indigo@lemmy.studio 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What you've claimed very much contradicts what I personally have in mind about strict safety requirements in EU. And you do not provide any links to your claims either... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Here is an abstract from a reply by Claude 3.7 Sonnet:

European type approval is generally considered more demanding, requiring vehicles to meet requirements before being sold across the EU.
North American certification is more self-certification based, with manufacturers declaring compliance to NHTSA/Transport Canada standards.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"by Claude"

Lulz, off to the block list with you

[–] indigo@lemmy.studio 1 points 5 days ago

Thanks! It's quite ironic, that you present your opinions only, but obviously expect people to offer something else, like (scientific?) materials or links to some research results. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'd agree, that it is definitely curious to see the factual comparison of european and N.american safety requirements. But since it's an exchange of opinions - i guess it's fair it's not only you who is sharing your views)

Ps: Using LLM is interesting (at least, for me): the AI tool replies might be the representation of public views. Thus, these are statistically coherent with what most people think /say on certain topic. Or this is my understanding of how this technology works. And i will certainly trust the report by an AI tool more, than what an unknown user has to offer as an anecdotal evidence.