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chvidtoday at 5:49 AM2 repliesview on HN

The BYD is sold in Europe but there is higher VAT and a special EU Chinese car import tax - so these cars are about 20k euro.

There is also the Renault Twingo which is in the same class.


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pantalaimontoday at 5:55 AM

The tax is only on electric cars, vehicles with a combustion engine are excempt - that's why you see all those ads for BYD Hybrids now.

Raed667today at 5:53 AM

I checked the Twingo and it is starting at €16k and an Opel Corsa (without any options) is more than €19k