silence7Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars | The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price.
CerebralHawksHonestly I think the best way to sell Americans on electric is to let BYD enter the market and not tax them to death. Their prices would be very attractive, but they price way lower than just about anyone else. If they offered electric cars to Americans at those prices, it would shake up the industry there — both ICE and electric. Like, the Cybertruck is still gonna be the Cybertruck, nothing else looks like that, but if you want an affordable electric and Chevy, Toyota, Nissan, et al are saying $30-40K and BYD is saying $10-20K… a lot of people are gonna look good and hard at BYD.
Even with tarrifs, BYD would still be cheaper than most ICE cars… the problem is you cant register it legally in the US becuase it doesnt “meet US saftey regulations” but feel free to buy the deathtraps that are Teslas.
That isn’t an argument for byd. It’s just an argument against teslas and their dumb manual emergency lever design.
Are you really suggesting LOWERING safety standards for byd?
No. BYD probably already has higher standards than the US. But the US has for decades made the excuse of requireing stringent “safety” regulations in order to be allowed importation, but domestics get a free pass until too many lawsuits stack up… i mean BYD is already being imported to Europe. Would you suggest europe has less saftey standards then the US?