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

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[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think because China is subsidizing their EVs then that's why it's cheap and people will buy cheap.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Canada subsidizes all automakers. So why are our vehicles shit and overpriced?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 days ago

Hmm, looks like it comes down to how fast they can cool their batteries. I wonder if there's any tradeoffs. Thanks.

I'd take the sodium thing with a grain of salt (if you will), though. When there's energy there, and it releases uncontrolled, you're going to get a fire or at least a blob of molten battery. At best they're going to be more resistant to that. If they can get good power densities it's worth it just for the abundance of raw materials, though.