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BYD electric cars are available in Australia and establishing a good reputation. Mainly because they are much much cheaper than Tesla's for a similar product. Also there's an influx of marketing for BYD eg. https://www.businessinsider.com/byd-electric-car-powers-life...

I noticed they aren't available in the USA but they are taking off where they are available.

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BYD is also taking over in Brazil. Last year some deals was signed[0] and there's some incentives to in-house production

[0] https://brazilian.report/liveblog/politics-insider/2023/10/0...

Same here in Costa Rica. BYD and Geely is everywhere. Tesla's are very rare. Chinese car makers are killing it here.

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