I’m tired of the way things are and am actually excited for BYD. They build really great electric vehicles and I saw one video where it charged up just as fact as refueling gasoline would be
I can’t wait for public transit to suck less in Canada.
You may wait forever.
I’m sure most people love dropping their one kid off at soccer and getting their other kid to hockey practice while using the bus
the fuck ? The kid goes to hokey practice on the train then the other kid goes to soccer practice on the bus while you stay home.
When cities are built to live in this becomes a moot point.
Montréal has… okay level transit by North American standards. My kids can go over to the arena by themselves once they turn ten, taking the three stops by bus. Until then I’ll just bike with them.
North America just sucks, not because of distances. But because of shit transit and urban sprawl.
I remember seeing elementary kids use the subways in Hong Kong by themselves. In Japan there are kids everywhere taking themselves to and from school. Why does mom need a car to tote them around if the city and transportation are built out correctly.
Most people would not mind that, especially if transit got better. What’s your point?
Why is BYD the only Chinese EV company that people talk about? There are other options that are just as good (and by many measures better).
Because they are very cheap for an EV but they don’t feel cheap when you experience them.
But is everything computer?
How else do you expect them to build affordable consumer products? Kids need less food and space so why not use that to their advantage alongside genocidal government subsidies? /s
As long as they aren’t a phone home device like the Superbox TV streaming devices.
Ironically another BYD post below this one https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249
I hope they bring their electric buses too.
Don’t we have a pretty good electric bus factory in Manitoba? I thought New Flyer is doing good cause most new bus here are electric.
The (small number of) TTC electric buses are BYD. They got built in Newmarket but I think the production stopped due to some issues. A larger scale attempt might be needed. :D That said, we might want to try that with sodium-ion batteries.
That is cool! I heard when they did the procurement a while ago, but I did not know what happened after. It is great to know that they were made here.
I think once we have plenty of buses (and other EVs) around, the battery recycling will catch up. Just like it happened with the lead-acid.
the battery recycling will catch up.
For sure. That said, for applications where applicable, sodium-ion kinda makes recycling moot. There’s “unlimited” supply of the input materials. CATL and some smaller factories just started production and it’s already cheaper than LFP. I haven’t checked if buses are suitable application but I think they should be.
Are there any real advantages over a another nation’s EVs, besides cost? There’s the battery swapping infrastructure, but I kind of doubt they’d sink that level of money in, especially with a cap on possible car imports.
Their charging tech is insane. Like, 90% battery in the time it takes to use the bathroom kind of stuff. They’re also pushing hard into sodium battery tech that doesn’t catch fire, so their EVs are gonna be some of the safest in the world.
I would need serious reassurances about the safety (privacy) of their onboard software if I was going to buy one, but their tech is bloody brilliant.
I think because China is subsidizing their EVs then that’s why it’s cheap and people will buy cheap.
Same. It will be nice when Westerners see how much they’ve been getting screwed over by the people they put in charge.
Last time I visited China, I asked a few of my friends over there what they thought of BYD. They said they are bombs on wheels, and that the caught fire often.
I welcome more affordable electric vehicles, but there should be caution and safety testing for things as dangerous as a car. Especially from a country who’s industry is known for cutting corners to increase profits and has very little concern for human life.
Canada still has its own safety standards that other manufacturers of goods need to meet if they’re going to import or produce within Canada, as far as I’m aware.
Which is one of a couple reasons why ultra-cheap Chinese EVs aren’t likely. They’re going to use up that 5% or whatever on high-end vehicles with a good margin.
