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BYD Slashes Price of Electric Car and Becomes Cheapest in Australia [video]

63 points · 106 comments · thelastgallon

motionlessveloc · 1789882148 · focus · HN ↗
Non-video story: <a href="https://thedriven.io/2026/09/16/australias-cheapest-new-car-is-now-an-electric-car-and-byds-stunning-move-will-change-the-conversation-about-evs/" rel="nofollow">https://thedriven.io/2026/09/16/australias-cheapest-new-car-...
TL;DR: AUD 19,900 driveway (means taxes, registration etc included), or about US$14k. The main limitation is the 220 km (135 mi) range, which is fine for a city runabout but not great for road tripping.
1. Nursie · 1789883063 · focus · HN ↗
  It’s pretty tiny too, so not a road trip car IMHO.
  That said, coupled with home solar to power it, this is a very cheap way to get on the road and I will likely go this direction in future - one of these for the city and something a bit bigger/more rugged to go bush once in a while.
  1. rightnutwingjob · 1789883204 · focus · HN ↗
    $20k for the car plus $5k for roof top solar, plus $500,000 for the house to put it on.
    Or: a $2000 Corolla and the rental home you’re already in.
    andrew_lettuce · 1789883529 · focus · HN ↗
    That's great if you already have a clean, high mileage Corolla or Accord, but good luck finding one for 2k
    rightnutwingjob · 1789931416 · focus · HN ↗
    You’re worried I missed the target price for the car by a couple of grand.
    But not that I was off on the price of a houses by a factor of three.
    You can get a run down two bedroom weatherboard round the corner from my two bedroom rental unit for around the $1.2 million mark.
    BARGAIN!

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