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Having ridden in a lot of BYDs when traveling overseas I think you paint too bleak a picture. They're everywhere and reliable enough to seemingly be the preferred cars for uber drivers. Some markets might tax them out of existence but I expect others will gladly take perfectly serviceable cars on the cheap.

Tesla is still kicking and they had all the same problems at one time or another. I mean until this year we also massively subsidized every EV sale so pot calling the kettle black.



> I mean until this year we also massively subsidized every EV sale so pot calling the kettle black.

There is a big difference between domestic subsidies and export subsidies.

One is a policy to promote adoption the other is akin to economic warfare.


> There is a big difference between domestic subsidies and export subsidies.

Nice goalpost shifting.


The OG tax break on Hybrids and EV's first caught on with the Nissan Leaf, and Toyota Prius.

That isnt the government subsidizing an EV for export.

https://www.electrive.com/2025/08/22/china-discloses-subsidi...




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