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Article is from 10/24

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Things haven’t improved for BYD since then.

I think BYD makes a great car for a great price, but Tesla is still outselling them 5:1

Wrong: https://www.drive.com.au/news/byd-revenue-tops-tesla-for-the...

It’s very obviously improving for BYD.

You said wrong, but then provided an article which backs up what I said? That Tesla is still outselling BYD by a large margin in Australia?

Are you confusing global revenue $ for Australia sales # ?

> Things haven’t improved for BYD since then.

You stated it wasn’t getting better for byd. From the article:

BYD revenues in Q3 (July to September) 2024 were 201 billion yuan ($AU42.85 billion) – a record high for the brand and a jump of 24 per cent over the same period in 2023.

More on byds ascent from earlier this year: https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/byd-s-hybrid-ute-jum...

Going from not having market to be the no. 6 best selling is by definition getting better.

So yes you are wrong and sales are improving for byd.

Geez dude, learn what context is instead of attacking strawman arguments you invented on your head.

Without any substantive argument you seem to be the one attacking strawmen. Learn to source your argument and present evidence or don’t come to argue. I’m addressing your points and you haven’t added anything of substance beyond stating what seems to be misinformed and unsubstantiated opinion as fact. Moving on.

You are quoting global revenue numbers, most of which is in China, to challenge the assertion that Australian sales numbers haven’t improved since 10/24.

If you’re going to try to correct someone, at least understand the actual argument that is being made instead of attacking strawman arguments.

The second link I posted is specifically from the Australian market. How becoming no 6 in 2024-2025 for a model selling is not “improvement” is logic I don’t understand. They shot to no 6 after not being in the market — that’s obvious improvement. Maybe your definition of improvement is not one I share. For clarification I’m not arguing against your claim Tesla outsells in Australia. I take issue with the unfounded claim they are not improving sales since it obviously is not true. That’s my bad I didn’t make that clear from the jump. That second article is just for the first two months of 2025 so again obvious improvement since 10/24.

That's less than 6 months ago, how recent a dataset do you want?

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