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Canada Kid

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18. Threat to the auto industry

Reply to Sector 001 (Original post)

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 02:06 PM

Mar 19

Understand, that although this is great for everyone, it is bad for the whole auto industry as it sets the bar high for all who cannot come up with the same or similar technology. BYD could easily become the vehicle of choice around the world, being the most efficient and probably the cheapest. How would everyone in the industry catch up? Blocking their distribution worldwide is the only way, and that would never happen, as well as being totally unfair to the Chinese. The Fords, GMs, Stellantis' of the world would have to agree to license BYD's technology, or rebadge some of their cars as products of the BIG THREE. All very bad for the people employed by the auto industry worldwide.

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BYD Company shocks the electric vehicle sector with a 5-minute charging breakthrough [View all] Sector 001 Mar 19 OP

Sounds great. Any drawbacks like the price of the battery? multigraincracker Mar 19 #1

We aren't likely to see BYD's in the U.S. for sale anytime soon. CentralMass Mar 19 #2

Toyota is working on it. multigraincracker Mar 19 #3

They're Chinese COL Mustard Mar 19 #4

These cars are dirt cheap compared to ours. Native Mar 19 #7

There is a reason we called BYD "Blow up Your Driveway" in China. AZLD4Candidate Mar 19 #5

1000 kilowatts per something rickford66 Mar 19 #6

Yeah, science is hard for some people (n/t) PJMcK Mar 19 #8

Per what? sl8 Mar 19 #9

Charging 1000 Kwh maybe.. One hell of a cable.. that would be 600 amps at 600vdc. LiberalArkie Mar 19 #10

No, the correct unit is watts (or kilowatts, etc.) sl8 Mar 19 #11

I agree, but I had to make an assumption they meant 1000 Kwh instead of 1000 KW or 1 megawatt. LiberalArkie Mar 19 #12

I'm not following. sl8 Mar 19 #13

I am probably wrong as I have forgotten too much being 77 LiberalArkie Mar 19 #14

Sure, 1,000 kilowatts equals 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts sl8 Mar 19 #15

That is what made me think Kwh instead of kw as the amount energy that the new stuff was being charged at made more LiberalArkie Mar 19 #16

OK, got it. nt sl8 Mar 19 #17

Threat to the auto industry Canada Kid Mar 19 #18

This breathrough, if real, should mean the replacement of most internal combustion vehicles with EVs. 99MainSt Mar 19 #19

It's pathetic that US and Europe let China beat them to this. But China deserves props for this. SunSeeker Mar 20 #20