BYD shares first official images of its $14k-$20k Yuan Up SUV

https://electrek.co/2024/02/01/byd-shares-first-official-images-of-its-ultra-affordable-yuan-up-suv/

by mfiguiere • 2 years ago

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m3kw9• 2 years ago

not surprised it looks like a honda

aurareturn• 2 years ago

It's a smart strategy. I feel like there is a large segment of people who are just looking for an affordable, normal looking EV car.

I know Tesla and other US EV makers have tried to make their designs radical in order to stand out from ICE cars in the past. But that's not needed anymore in a more mature market. More radical designs add to the cost without the benefit - see X falcon wings and Cybertruck.

quux• 2 years ago

Looks reasonable. With either more range, or access to Teslas supercharger network this could be a good option.

specialist• 2 years ago

[BYD snagged] the EV sales crown from longtime leader Tesla in 2023...

Does anyone know offhand how many watts of batteries each sold?

Tesla's models are larger and IIRC is also battery supply constrained. Whereas BYD's sells proportionally more smaller vehicals, so can sell more vehicals with the battery supply they have.

Also, which has better margins? Is this competition like iPhone vs Android, where Apple scooped up most of the profit? (Acknowledging that Musk Inc feasts at the trough of govt subsidies. And IIRC the CCP does the same for BYD .)

thebruce87m• 2 years ago

Tesla also use BYD batteries for some variants: https://thedriven.io/2023/05/22/teslas-switch-to-byd-batteri...

DoesntMatter22• 2 years ago

Tesla said 2 years ago they are no longer battery constrained and said during thr latest earnings call they were stock piling battery supply

MuffinFlavored• 2 years ago

Expected to arrive priced in a range between $14,000-$20,000

Would you want to drive in a $14k day from a safety/quality perspective? How many "corners cut" does that represent?

yetanother-1• 2 years ago

I will wait to see the ADAC crash test report.

Once I can see it here, I will decide accordingly.

https://www.adac.de/rund-ums-fahrzeug/autokatalog/crashtest/

netsharc• 2 years ago

Cheap, unfair snark: if I wanted an unsafe, corners-cut EV, I'd get a Tesla!

Edit; interestingly I've read enough reports of Tesla cutting corners, like unglued glass, broken suspension arms and support people gaslighting the buyers.. meanwhile this BYD suffers under a presumption of, but unproven unsafety (although as sibling commenter said, I'd wait for the ADAC report before considering it)

jzebedee• 2 years ago

I drive a recent model year Chevy Bolt where I paid a total price within that 14-20k range.

I don't find myself worried about cut corners. The safety profile is fine. The quality is fine. It's an EV that does everything I want: reach a range large enough to make it usable beyond just a city car, be reasonably cheap, and have a serviceable lifespan beyond the gimmick period of a Tesla.

bhhaskin• 2 years ago

Ok now what's the price after meeting US/European safety standards and taxes?

TheLoafOfBread• 2 years ago

24-30k USD minimum likely more

russli1993• 2 years ago

Chinese cars released today, especially EVs, by BYD, nio, xpeng, huawei collaborations, Zeekr are some of the strongest built vehicles on the market.

consumer4512• 2 years ago

I will never get over the branding of BYD's first exported model,[0] the "Han."[1]

What would be the equivalent? The Chevy Caucasian model for the China market?

Maybe I am missing something, but this just seems like an odd choice.

[0] https://ev-database.org/car/1784/BYD-HAN

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese

edit: To be clear, I don't discount that manufacturing and battery powerhouse China could rule the EV world. I'm old enough to recall the jokes about Japanese quality. That would be a dumb mistake for "The West" to make again.

throwaway20004• 2 years ago

their naming scheme is after dynasties (e.g. Han, Song, Tang, etc) rather than ethnicities (Han, Hui, Manchu, etc) so I guess an equivalent would be like the Seat Habsburg or something.

consumer4512• 2 years ago

Ah, OK. Thank you. That makes a bit more sense.

I appreciate the reply.

BYD shares first official images of its $14k-$20k Yuan Up SUV

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