Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblogschizoidman@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.world – 217 points – 2 weeks agoautoblog.com120Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentI am sick and tired of people claiming that BYD are unsafe They have crash tested better than my current vehicle.Car manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico Here's an example with PeugeotIn this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don't maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC. FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's an example with Peugeot Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.hey shut up we're in a china bad brigade
I am sick and tired of people claiming that BYD are unsafe They have crash tested better than my current vehicle.Car manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico Here's an example with PeugeotIn this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don't maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC. FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's an example with Peugeot Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.hey shut up we're in a china bad brigade
Car manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico Here's an example with PeugeotIn this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don't maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC. FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's an example with Peugeot Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
In this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don't maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC. FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's an example with Peugeot Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
I am sick and tired of people claiming that BYD are unsafe They have crash tested better than my current vehicle.
Car manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico
Here's an example with Peugeot
In this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don't maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC.
FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Here's an example with Peugeot
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
hey shut up we're in a china bad brigade