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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. While BYD said just last month that it has no plans to enter the U.S. BYD last year sold 1.57

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BYD Europe aims to beat Tesla & big EU automakers

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BYD Europe aims to beat Tesla and other prominent EU automakers, like Volkswagen and Stellantis. BYD European boss Michael Shu made bold claims during the Financial Times’ Future of the Car Summit. BYD Europe wants to triple its market in the region by 2025. “We are confident that we could be in a leading position.

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Kia & Hyundai unfazed by BYD’s EVs in South Korea

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Earlier this month, Chinese automaker BYD announced it would enter South Korea’s passenger car market in 2025. BYD entered South Korea’s commercial car market in 2016 but has yet to launch a passenger car there. The South Korean auto market will be different compared to other markets BYD has entered.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

Polestar and BYD were two of the new EV brands that arrived during the year and brands as diverse as Volkswagen and GWM confirmed their intention to start selling electric vehicles here in 2023. The BYD Atto 3 was my biggest surprise of 2022. Bruce Newton: BYD Atto 3. BYD Atto 3. It was also a year of EV milestones.

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French EV market record high in March

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Outside the top 20, newer faces that we can detect for the first time in the March data include the Opel Astra, the BYD Atto 3, and Genesis G80. Ongoing large popular protests across the country , however, may yet throw a spanner in the works of the economy in 2023, including perhaps the auto industry. previously).

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Tesla Model Y wins UK bestseller spot in March

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HEVs and mild-hybrids are offered by manufacturers as a quick and relatively cheap way (especially in the case of mild hybrids) to improve fleet emissions, compared to ICE-only vehicles. Outside the top 20, BYD made its first measurable deliveries of the Atto 3 (approximately 34 units).

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Here’s what to know about Europe’s new vote on Chinese tariffs

Baua Electric

It’s official: The European Union is moving ahead with increased tariffs on Chinese-made EVs to as much as 45.3% – in an effort to save its auto industry from total demise. Question is, will it even matter to a powerhouse like BYD? The duties differ depending on the automaker, with 17% for BYD, 18.8% for Geely, and 35.3%

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