Nice. Westerners really are getting bad deals so they can make their oligarchs richer.
The moment BYD is allowed in the US. American made cars will be officially dead. The only thing keeping the industry alive is lack of outside competition.
Which is why it will never happen
Doesn’t Ford mostly focuss on the American market these days? They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore, only oversized pickups and SUVs, which don’t sell well outside of North America.
Meanwhile BYD has the Chinese market already, and is expanding globally, selling relatively affordable EVs.
I’m not exactly surprised that they are outselling FordCompact/Crossover SUVs are hugely popular worldwide, they’ve been replacing sedans/hatchbacks here. I was surprised to learn BYD’s best selling car wasn’t the smaller Dolphin or Seagull, but the Song Plus.
But, yeah, Ford has been focusing on bigass expensive cars here too. Their cheapest (gas) vehicle for this year is more expensive than the BYD Song plug-in hybrid, which is twice the price of the Seagull.
They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore,
In Europe they do, and it’s still a reasonably popular brand despite Trump.
That must have changed recently then, because last I checked they only really had the Mustang left over.
Ever since they discontinued the Ford Focus and Ford FiestaEdit: Looks like they introduced the Ford Puma since then, and a handfull of SUVs
They still make reasonably sized and priced cars for the UK market.
