BYD is fairly well known in Europe? They sold 50% more cars than Tesla last year, so they’re not exactly a small startup.
> 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.
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.