BYD is kicking off a price war with gas-powered cars as new lower-priced electric vehicles begin rolling out. After launching the new Qin Plus EV Honor Edition on Monday, BYD said it’s “officially opening a new era of electricity is lower than oil.”

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    7 months ago

    There was a lot of talk about how nobody would buy chinese cars in Australia too… they are everywhere.

    People can get a chinese diesel dual cab 4x4 pickup for $37k Australian, the CHEAPEST Ford Raptor starts at $87k.

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      7 months ago

      The raptor is the top end performance version of the ranger. Some quick googling says an Australian ranger starts around $37k as well.