> If BYD was in the US I think we could check this box reeeeaaally quickly. It would make Tesla irrelevant.

Why? What's your logic?

array_key_first 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The cars are higher quality and, more importantly, cheaper. US manufacturers can't make a cheap car to save their lives. The average age of cars on US roads is now 13 years, nobody can afford new cars.

There's a huge market opportunity here that all our manufacturers are missing, seemingly on purpose. BYD, and others, would absolutely sweep the competition.

	▲	overfeed an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> US manufacturers can't make a cheap car to save their lives. They have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to never make low-margin (read "cheap") cars. If someone is looking for a competitive automotive market, they won't find it in the US. The financial engineering is world-class though.

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vkou 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

BYD makes good, cheap cars. There's a reason why the US raised every protectionist barrier against it - it would destroy Detroit.