VW has always had the chance to bring more than the ID.4 and Buzz to US/CAN for a more affordable EV but they've never really done it. With BYD taking on a huge customer base, it kind of begs the question who is this for?
Of course they might decide that there might not be enough demand for small budget cars in the US to even offer this model but I doubt tariffs would be the primary reason.
I've seen some BYD busses, Facebook was using them when I was there, but I don't see any indication that their passenger cars have arrived in US/CA?
I'm normally all about local manufacturing, but I'm rooting for BYD to come in and splatter all the big car manufacturers.
The markups on EVs are ridiculous given how much cheaper they are to manufacture.
for /me, currently have VW Polo, this small <€20k city EV would be ideal replacement while keeping the maintenance and easiness of finding a service station in place. In EU vw garages are basically everywhere