BYD Slashes Price of Electric Car and Becomes Cheapest in Australia [video]

That's a pretty stunning price. For context I was looking at a second hand 2018 Nissan Leaf (grey import here in Australia) a couple weeks ago for 20k.

In NZ there are BYDs everywhere. Why are they not in US yet?

With free electricity bring offered in the afternoon because of excess solar would be a great car for most peoples daily commute cheaper even than public transport as this is less than $6 per day over 10 years

Non-video story: https://thedriven.io/2026/09/16/australias-cheapest-new-car-...

TL;DR: AUD 19,900 driveway (means taxes, registration etc included), or about US$14k. The main limitation is the 220 km (135 mi) range, which is fine for a city runabout but not great for road tripping.

Never buy Chinese electric vehicles. they won not last more than couple of years. what a waste