We have frequent daily power cuts here lasting 2 hours - this feature would be a killer for folks here but sadly EV's except for a few niche luxury models are not sold here.
Golden marketing opportunity for BYD which is not well known in the west.
Golden marketing opportunity for BYD which is not well known in the west.
Excepting South Africa, but probably not for much longer.
My BIL farmer bought a Chinese pickup truck (GWM) after coming from a Toyota Hilux.
Not a bad word from him about it - anecdotal but it seems they are not a disaster to own.
> December saw sales of 341,043 units, a 45% increase, culminating in a total of 3,024,417 vehicles sold throughout the year, a substantial 61.9% surge from the previous year.
https://www.byd.com/us/news-list/BYD-Concludes-2023-with-Rec...
Less than 10% of the sold units were sold on a market outside China. Their move to sell outside China is relatively recent (2021) so it makes sense for them to not be well known yet.