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9·3 days agoTrue, it’s best selling, but not even best selling car, but best selling brand.
But then nobody would care to read it, because everybody knows that’s BYD.
If they don’t they probably aren’t interested.
I agree 3000 km sounds pretty crazy, even if possible, almost nobody needs that.
So instead it will be a cheaper smaller lighter battery, with probably around 600 km range in average cars.
The real issue here is not 3000 km because that’s irrelevant, the issue is whether they can make better prices, security and fast charging.
The 3000 km is just a number to sound impressive.
I wrote near 1000 km. But above 800 km mixed, and above 950 in good conditions, on a single charge on currently available production cars, is pretty close IMO.
https://ev-database.org/car/2193/Mercedes-Benz-EQS-450plus
WLTP 825
City - Mild Weather 955 kmhttps://ev-database.org/car/1696/Lucid-Air-Dream-Edition-R
WLTP 828 km
City - Mild Weather 960 kmI did not count concept cars, because I know there has been some pretty crazy concept cars made, that will NEVER be possible to buy.
So the EQXX should do about six miles per kWh. Which isn’t far off double the efficiency of your normal EV this size and performance.
That double efficiency comes at extreme cost of materials the car is built with, and probably also lacking equipment that is normally present. Also if I remember correctly, the battery is not production ready, and does not have good durability.
Mercedes and a Lucid have production cars with near 1000 km range.
It’s solid State, so it should be safer than traditional batteries.
It’s a matter of capacity per unit of weight and level of safety that makes the range feasible within the limits of the weight of a normal car.
So it’s not bullshit, and other battery manufacturers use similar standards in PR releases.
The correct number would be kWh/kg, but I think most people don’t recognize the meaning of such a number as easily.
6·17 days agoYes, absolutely hilarious.
Just kidding. 😋
But not many countries drive on the left. And I don’t think these are sold in Thailand and Japan, so basically this car made for left side driving is probably only for UK.
IDK here in Denmark it’s kr149.995,- DKK including 25% VAT.
That’s only £17.154,- GBP, so more than £3000,- cheaper!
https://www.bydauto.dk/modeller/byd-dolphin-surfDolphin Surf is the European version of Seagull.
Despite the link you post has it starting at £18.650,- GBP, that’s still more expensive than in EU apparently.
Maybe it’s more expensive because instead of having the steering wheel to drive in the right side, UK has it to drive in the wrong side?
The publication reports on the communications from the SFOE staff:
no one will consider whether to replace their five-year-old combustion engine with an electric car “from a climate perspective.” One must be careful not to accuse the Federal Office of Energy of making “elitist recommendations”
??? This does not in any way ring true, I must check the source publication…
The “publication”:
https://www.republik.ch/2025/06/11/amtliche-selbstzensur
It’s BYD, but the Chinese government supports BYD, so the government is part of it.
Thanks for posting. 👍
This is really interesting, if you have any interest in economics in general, I highly recommend to watch this.
And then hide the manual handle for emergencies behind a panel!
I read a story about a woman who got stuck in a tiny lake, calling her friends for help. But they didn’t manage to arrive in time, and she died.
I also heard that Tesla is such a significant part of the charging grid in many places, that it’s problematic to charge without using Tesla chargers.
So people sometimes have to go back to ICE if they want to boycott Tesla.
Here we don’t have that problem, but we do have a problem with needing many apps on our phone to be able to use whatever charging station is the most convenient for the trip.
3·29 days agoNo I need power during winter. The problem is that when we produce the most during sunny sommer days, prices go negative.
For instance today it is costing os almost $5 to export surplus energy. Of course other days we make money, and the net result is a tiny profit over the year. But not enough to cover what we buy during the winter months. It’s way way more expensive to buy than what we get for selling.
Interesting to see that USA that prevent competition with steep import tariffs has the lowest growth in a relatively new market.
A stellar example of how tariffs slows progress.There is no way Europe should be more than twice as big on EV than USA under normal circumstances, with 1.6 million sold against only 0.7 in USA. Especially considering that Tesla was pioneering the modern EV and is an American company.
There’s a reason Tesla sales are dropping more in Europe and China than they are in USA. Tesla is simply not as competitive globally anymore, and a good (imported) EV is expensive in USA.
On a yearly average, our household produce enough for 3 households besides our own from our solar panels. We have battery to store enough to have very near zero consumption in the summer half of the year.
Despite that we pay almost $10 per moth on average. 🤷♂️
They are currently selling in numbers of around 5% of the original target. 🤣
are there models of electric cars that are universally lauded?
You also wrote that, so my point stands.
Tesla failure rate is more than 2,5 times the average of other electric cars.
Despite being dumped in security check, Tesla workshop claimed the cars were fine, so owners complained about the decision to flunk them. But the decision was upheld as being absolutely correct!
In short Tesla doesn’t recognize security problems, even when they are clearly pointed out to them!
Tesla cars are shit from a safety perspective, and other elements are coming under scrutiny, like lack of buttons and the console screen being distracting while driving. That’s apart from the well known hidden handles, that prevent quick exit in case of emergency, and the stupid blinker buttons on the wheel.
Tesla is simply not designed for safe driving in any meaningful way. And even the assistance features create hazards instead of helping safety. Like the infamous phantom breaking.
Maybe Tesla is an exciting car to drive, but not in a good way!