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

63 points · 106 comments · thelastgallon

  1. grahar64 · · focus · HN ↗
    In NZ there are BYDs everywhere. Why are they not in US yet?
    1. jpollock · · focus · HN ↗
      Tariffs, the tariff on Chinese vehicles is 100%.
      1. Haven880 · · focus · HN ↗
        America now bans Chinese stuff. Some Chinese carmakers are explicitly banned in USA.
      2. burnt-resistor · · focus · HN ↗
        Also, every car manufacturer has to go through crash testing and homologation in order to sell cars directly to US consumers. And, without a parts supply chain, maintaining a car becomes very difficult. So even paying 200-300% over the sale price with third-party homologation makes private importation expensive, painful, and slow.
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