The most eye-stealing highlight is the Flash Charging technology, which works in conjunction with the latest Blade Battery 2.0.
– Charging from 10% to 70% takes only 5 minutes.
– To charge to 97%, it only takes 9 minutes.
– Even in temperatures as low as -30°C, it can still be fast-charged in 12 minutes.
Looks great, I’ll take it.
I’ll wait until Toyota copies this technology.
Love how they translate the price to USD when sadly there’s no way in hell well ever see this car in the US.
Also no mention of crash test ratings. Which is likely the real reason we won’t see it here, and even if we did it would never be for that price because that price is subsidized by the Chinese government.
Edit: Why do so many people think pointing out that some Chinese EVs have been through crash test ratings refute that this article doesn’t mention them?
Also, please note that all the ones that have good ratings aren’t being sold for $22k.
Hmm, good question, and a quick google later:
Chinese EVs may not have to pass USDOT crash tests, but they do have to pass Euro NCAP crash tests, and Chinese NCAP crash tests, which are similar.
And a lot of them did quite well in that regards.
And and they also have to pass however Canada does crash tests as well.
BYD vehicles all rate 5 stars in the Australian ANCAP ratings as well.
The “Chinese vehicles aren’t safe” thing is just fear mongering these days or, more generously, a misapplication of their micro vehicle standards for low speed urban use to ordinary passenger vehicles.
This article is counting Tesla and Polestar as Chinese EVs…
Yep, the article is purposely conflating “Chinese” with “Made in China”.
Polestars basically are. They are owned by Geely and some are built in China
A lot of iPhones are made in China too. Do you consider them Chinese?
Isn’t Geely a Chinese company though?
Still seems disingenuous in the context of the article linked. Like those “assembled in USA” stickers. Technically correct but also misleading and mostly missing the point.
To be fair China has their equivalent of the NHTSA with more or less comparable tests. US crash tests are particularly bad and still assume a sedan when everyone drives SUVs/light trucks now. Even mini vans in China are smaller than the majority of American SUVs.
The government subsidy is the bigger reason for why the West generally blocks or heavily tariffs the import of Chinese cars. It’s just not fair competition (though there’s also an argument of it being a good thing for us to let them subsidize our imports of lithium)
I’m wondering if I can ship one over?
I believe you can import them, but it is a 100% tariff. So your $22k car becomes $44k plus delivery charges and local registration fees/taxes. So very quickly becomes not worth it. Which is why the tariff exists.
There is also the matter of which charging standard is needed. The US of course not using the same standard as the rest of the world.
I was going to buy one of the new rivians for about 45k, not sure if they released prices yet. My husband has one of the more expensive Rivians and they’re really cool. That being said, byd is cool too and even with import fees it looks doable. Gotta think about it.
Why do even all these evs always have to look like you have to compensate for a tiny ego with them , I don’t get it …
What does it mean to “compensate for a tiny ego?” Do non-EV-drivers have huge egos?
BYD have many models. The Dolphin is a small hatch, the Seal a mid size sedan.
That’s awesome!
I’d love to have one that’s a small form truck or mini-van with a flat front for maximum visibility and minimum footprint.
To be perfect: Absolutely no touch screens allowed, no internet, no satellite, honestly I’m good without Bluetooth. Make it feel like a 90s vehicle, but electric.
I missed it in the article, does it say how well it holds its charge compared to non-fast-charged ones? That tends to be the limiting factor in many things, as it’s much harder on the battery. I doubt they’d be pushing it if it wasn’t an improvement though
You want a Slate.
Great technology, but built by
slaveforced labour.https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249
I’d like to read some sources on current day China using slave labor to build these cars, otherwise you sound like another racist.
Brazil sues China carmaker BYD over ‘slave-like’ conditions
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n7w55kpoBut I was looking for Hungary.
EV giant BYD accused of forced labour violations at European factory
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249
I appreciate your links to help me be more informed! Thank you!
China does use slave labor in cotton and aluminum production. BYD uses that aluminum, as well as other western brands.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/01/china-carmakers-implicated-uyghur-forced-labor
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, and Tesla use steel and aluminum from China that is made with forced labor. This is a problem for The US car industry because Canada has laws against using it.
😂😂
Oh look, another simp that doesn’t understand every capitalist country uses propaganda and slave labour, not just the ones you personally don’t like.
If you read my post history, you would see that I am not what you are accusing me of.
The internet is full of uneducated, low-class, dogshit takes such as yours, and I hope to never be as ignorant as an idiot like you.
Updated with a source.
Not slaves. Perhaps serfs?
I’d really love to see how one of these does here in Northern Canada. There are almost no electric vehicles here because of the performance of batteries in the long, cold winter.
Isn’t that similar to Norway where now almost no non-EV cars are being sold?
No, big difference. In Northern Norway, average temp in January is -4C, in Northern Canada it’s -40C.
That sounds awful to deal with. Sometimes I wonder why people live in such conditions but I guess that’s just humanity for you.
Also cool fact -40C is -40F
One question: how long is the typical vehicle trip in northern Canadian settlements? I know a lot of northern cities lack road connections to other places, so the range being impacted may not have a huge impact if trips are measured in single or double digits of km increase of triple digits.
Most northern communities have a concentration of people and then it’s a long way to go to get to the next community. So, there’s a bunch of short drives and the occasional long drive.
Does it use proprietary charging infrastructure?
Probably not but good luck finding a 600 kW charger to support that speed
88 mph and a clocktower during a thunderstorm?
Yeah, good luck knowing precisely when lightning will strike the tower.
I think I got an idea about how to make it work, but I knocked my head on the bathroom and forgot how.
Jumpin’ jigawatts!
For 22k €I can maybe only get some tiny subcompact hatchback…
