Technology

66231 readers

5643 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

L3s@lemmy.world

enu@lemmy.world

technopagan@lemmy.world

L4s@lemmy.world

161

How BYD undercuts Tesla around the world, by the numbers. (restofworld.org)

submitted 1 day ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

36 comments fedilink hide all child comments

BYD is more affordable than Tesla in at least 10 places outside the West.

In each of the 10 markets where both Tesla and the Chinese carmaker BYD list prices online, BYD’s lowest-cost option is cheaper than that of Tesla.

While Tesla focuses its sales in North America and Europe, BYD is expanding in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This says nothing about how they undercut Tesla (and every other non-Chinese automaker) but I'll tell you:

slave labor
massive government subsidies

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tesla too has

massive government subsidies

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 1 day ago

Not nearly as massive

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Source on slave labor at BYD?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

BYD construction site in Brazil shut over ‘slavery-like’ conditions : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/24/byd-car-factory-construction-site-brazil-shut-chinese-nationals

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

... from Brazilian subcontractor.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

No, it was a Chinese subcontractor using Chinese labor.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There were accusations and reports for their factory in Brazil (source: BBC, as well as many others at the same time). I personally didn't look much further into it and haven't tried following the story since, but I would research if I was looking to buy a car.

Edit: Note I'm also not the op of the comment.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Xinxiang propaganda is a politicized process that involves shit talking 100% against China more than truth about any current oppression.

BYD, like most Chinese EVs are manufactured with extensive robotics. They are not manufactured in Xinxiang. Xinxiang mining activity is mostly for solar panel inputs. Not EVs.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

There was a construction company BYD contracted out of China to bring Chinese workers to construct a factory in Brazil. It was shut down by Brazilian labor authorities for “slavery like” conditions and treatment if the Chinese workers.

That seems to be source for that claim.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/24/byd-car-factory-construction-site-brazil-shut-chinese-nationals

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They have opinions, never sources

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

The poster above you provided a link.BYD contracted a Chinese construction firm to build a factory in Brazil that the Brazilian labor authorities shuttered over the slave like working conditions.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 1 day ago

BYD is Chinese. Very common there.