I guess China’s somewhat different approach to establishing a leader personality cult, intimidating its neighbours and suppressing women & minorities is… paying off?
Honestly? Regardless of BYD running an out of country sweatshop (which quite a few American companies have been caught doing), if there wasn’t a 100% tariff on them I would heavily consider trading in my hybrid escape for a byd. Looking at the website most of their models are very close to my range requirements (I need ~650km range in the winter to do a Costco daytrip - and yes, the cost savings do in fact justify the gas, but a hotel room breaks even on cost, so we only overnight for medical appointments), and their SUVs do have roof rails (something I regret not having on my escape because my spouse likes camping).
Other than that, my only vehicle requirements are having more headroom than a Japanese vehicle (I literally have to compress my spine to touch the roof a comfortable amount, in a sequoia, which is a beast of an SUV), and (preferably) an advanced cruise control that can read speed signs and maintain a following distance to reduce my road fatigue as my daily highway commute is pretty long.
Bonus points if it can actually detect and respond to deer faster than I can (looking at you ford!).
I guess China’s somewhat different approach to establishing a leader personality cult, intimidating its neighbours and suppressing women & minorities is… paying off?
Well, it’s certainly a shitty choice to be forced to make, that’s for sure.
Honestly? Regardless of BYD running an out of country sweatshop (which quite a few American companies have been caught doing), if there wasn’t a 100% tariff on them I would heavily consider trading in my hybrid escape for a byd. Looking at the website most of their models are very close to my range requirements (I need ~650km range in the winter to do a Costco daytrip - and yes, the cost savings do in fact justify the gas, but a hotel room breaks even on cost, so we only overnight for medical appointments), and their SUVs do have roof rails (something I regret not having on my escape because my spouse likes camping).
Other than that, my only vehicle requirements are having more headroom than a Japanese vehicle (I literally have to compress my spine to touch the roof a comfortable amount, in a sequoia, which is a beast of an SUV), and (preferably) an advanced cruise control that can read speed signs and maintain a following distance to reduce my road fatigue as my daily highway commute is pretty long. Bonus points if it can actually detect and respond to deer faster than I can (looking at you ford!).