Comment by cyberax
19 hours ago
The "west" doesn't want expensive EVs. The most popular (or the second most popular) EV in China now costs $5000 for the base model. And for $15k you can get a very reasonable car.
Beefing it up to the US/EU safety standards and even accounting for higher labor cost, it would be around $20k. I'm pretty sure consumers would be quite interested in something like this.
BYD Atto 1 is arriving in Australia in 2026, base model is priced (including on road registration etc) at AUD 26,500.
That's USD 17,750.
https://evdealergroup-byd.com.au/configurator/byd-atto-1?pos...