BYD overtakes Ford, securing 4th spot in global car sales (www.arenaev.com)

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[-] Ilgaz@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

I don't know if it is based on truth however these cars are called moving spies. I don't drive cars so I didn't investigate it and on the other hand Tesla is coming from Elon Musk a friend of sheiks and dictators.

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 23 points 11 months ago

All modern cars are privacy nightmares. Yet another failure of our governments.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

Recent report from Mozilla, the Firefox peeps

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

IoT/smart devices were a mistake

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

My biggest question would be the safety ratings. Many countries have their own vehicles but they are not considered safe in other countries. Plus you have to consider tariffs and sanctions halting imports to other countries.

[-] pendulum_@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

They pass Australian safety ratings. They are rather popular here

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

to be safe on American roads you need more certifications because Americans need to express their masculinity through oversized fat cars

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

You just need a penis extender to classify as an American car.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

China is the new Japan.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

I have seen atleast 10 of them in the last week.

[+] WrittenWeird@lemmy.world -6 points 11 months ago

Uh huh, and how many of these "sold" vehicles are on roads as opposed to sitting in a field somewhere.

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

That's disinformation. The Chinese have some old EVs sitting in fields but that has nothing to do with BYDs current model lineup.

[-] maporita@unilem.org -5 points 11 months ago

For what purpose? Selling EVs is not like selling property.

BYD is now the second largest EV vendor in the world and there market share is growing rapidly. They've stayed out of the US market for some reason (probably worried about getting hit with sanctions like Huawei) but there are plenty of them in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

[-] CosmoNova@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

Getting subsidies based on car sales from the chinese government. Just because it‘s state capitalism doesn‘t mean corporations won‘t use every trick in the book to turn a buck, especially in china. This story is widely known with many reports and clips to back them up. There are entire BYD car fleets with license plates that rot away in china.

[-] cyd@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Here in Southeast Asia, they've become a pretty common sight on the roads.

I suppose the next claim is going to be that BYD is hiring paid actors to drive the cars around...

[-] pendulum_@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

There is no limit to how far people will take their copium sometimes

[-] CosmoNova@feddit.de -3 points 11 months ago

Here in Southeast Asia, they’ve become a pretty common sight on the roads.

Which doesn't contradict anything I just said.

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