Re:BYD Overtakes Tesla as Most Popular EV Maker
by IshKebab on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:32PM
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I have a friend with an MG4 and it's great value. The interior is spartan (seems to be the primary way electric cars save money!) but it's not that much more expensive than an equivalent petrol car - definitely cheaper when you factor fuel costs.
The UK government recently pushed back banning ICE car sales by 5 years, but I checked the adoption curves in Scandinavia (who are a few years ahead of most of the world) and basically it doesn't matter because by 2030 (the original target) almost all car sales in the UK will be electric anyway, irrespective of a ban.
That is pretty amazing really considering not long ago 200 miles range was only available in Teslas and which were priced as luxury cars, compared to early nissan leafs and e-golfs that would only get you 70-80 miles tops (...and let's not even start on the g-Wiz!)
Give it a couple more years and I fully expect 150-200 mile cars for the mid-low teens (GBP), which is roughly equivalent to normal ICE prices now (e.g. non-EV version of Citroen C3 is £14k)