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What's facinating to me is the lack of software comparison in comments. Lots of comments where people compare driving noise, material quality, price to Tesla and other brands. Sure it's important to some, but its like comparing apple vs android watch by how the leather strap feels on each device.

Anyone has experience with BYD over-the-air-updates? Do they release updates often? Are there any serious bugs like with Lucid air? How does the software compare to Tesla?

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Although I agree that software is an important aspect, a car mostly exists in the real and physical experience of the vehicle to me. The software situation is going to be the least of your average persons concerns I would have thought.

Interesting point of view to consider however, I hadn't really thought of there being people who look at their car as mostly the software.

It is hard to compare since I've never been in Tesla vehicle - because they are not making buses.

They are behind on software. At least my Tang EV isn't at the level of Tesla. Among the Chinese EV makers that sells significantly outside of China I think NIO and XPENG are the more software oriented ones.

Xiaomi is preparing to enter global EV market, and their software looks absolutely amazing. You can see it in MKBHD's video around 5 minutes mark https://youtu.be/Mb6H7trzMfI

That was impressive. I liked the integration of add-on equipment with standardized integration with the software and car telemetry.

Physical buttons for needed "eyes-free" use, the HUD looked great.

Going to be an interesting decade, also interesting that its logical competitor is Apple as a hardware manufacturer.

Yes! I’d really appreciate a comparison of Android Auto/CarPlay support, overall responsiveness, and especially the user-experience side, like whether you can permanently turn off beeps and warnings, and how usable (or annoying) the smart features and alerts are.

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