alt Hacker NewsBYD recently went live with a highly automated, large scale manufacturing facility in Brazil. The BYD Dolphin Mini sells for ~$22,500, and the manufacturer already has 200 showrooms open across the country.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/22/cop-brazil...
https://www.byd.com/us/news-list/First-BYD-Electric-Vehicle-...
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moffkalast • yesterday at 9:57 PM
I'm surprised Mercedes was ever price competitive for taxis even in Germany, I mean the average VW would do the job just as well at half the cost.
These days they're both priced like they're selling Ferraris anyway so yeah. The ID Buzz starting at 70k EUR is such a joke.
They are everywhere. The only limit to adoption is that many people live in buildings where chargers can't easily be installed.