BYD sold 5,001 vehicles in Australia in January, a staggering 641% increase year-over-year, while Tesla managed just 501, leaving the...
    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Also there’s the fact that Australia doesn’t have a car industry, so it’s a choice between imported cars and other imported cars.

      • MihiesEnglish
        51·
        2 days ago

        That’s not the biggest issue if there was a healthy competitive market. But if go full on Chinese low priced, government subsidized, good/great/innovative EVs, we might end up destroying the industry outside China and we’ll get stuck with Chinese for good. This would be problematic for every monopoly, not just Chinese, but they are really kicking asses with EVs.

        • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
          10·
          2 days ago

          Okay, but buying terrible, expensive vehicles from companies that fight tooth and nail to continue focusing on huge petrol SUVs isn’t going to help.

          • Mihies
            2·
            2 days ago

            AFAIK we have some decent EUropean alternatives. But yes, the situation sucks in general.

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
          42·
          2 days ago

          Holy shit, Lemmy, maybe a little reading would help your hot takes.

          The US government paid out $85B to Detroit in 2008 and since then their vehicles have only gotten bigger, less reliable and more expensive.

          Tesla alone got $15B in various credits. It’s the only way they make money.

          • Mihies
            2·
            1 day ago

            Did Does this contradicts what I wrote somehow?

            • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
              1·
              22 hours ago

              They’re saying that US vehicles are also government subsidized, they just pocketed the money instead of actually improving their products. So comparing the Chinese products to the US ones isn’t unfair, the US products really are that bad and they deserve to fail.

              • Mihies
                1·
                20 hours ago

                Chinese are much cheaper and probably more advanced in many ways. If they are both subsidized ( and I didn’t say they are not), doesn’t help either of them.