BYD are just affordable and maybe reliable, regarding maintenance their spares are hard to come by and are almost as hard to work with as Tesla and other brands.

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bdamm 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've done plenty of work on my own Tesla. It's not hard to work on at all. Parts are not even very difficult. There are plenty of 3rd party shops (such as one I went to when I needed to replace my windshield.) I really wonder why people continue to think this. It's not 2016 any more.

	▲	protastus 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Tesla body work is extremely expensive. Aluminum, extensive welding instead of fasteners, substantially reduced modularity due to castings, specialized tooling just off the top of my mind.

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vonneumannstan 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you a car mechanic living in China?

	▲	piker 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Presumably "hard to come by" would be somewhat irrelevant in any jurisdiction other than the US?