How BYD undercuts Tesla around the world, by the numbers.
How BYD undercuts Tesla around the world, by the numbers.
BYD is more affordable than Tesla in at least 10 places outside the West.
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.
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This says nothing about how they undercut Tesla (and every other non-Chinese automaker) but I'll tell you:
- slave labor
- massive government subsidies
Tesla too has
- massive government subsidies
Not nearly as massive
Source on slave labor at BYD?
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
... from Brazilian subcontractor.
No, it was a Chinese subcontractor using Chinese labor.
They have opinions, never sources
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.
BYD is Chinese. Very common there.
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.
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.
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.