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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by neuroelectron on Thursday October 24, 2024 @06:42PM (#41940587)
It seems like all the cars like this are only available in Europe
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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by IndrekR on Thursday October 24, 2024 @07:21PM (#41940811)
Kei cars are a Japanese thing. Mostly unavailable in Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car

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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by numpad0 on Friday October 25, 2024 @12:11AM (#41942155)
Japan has no particular restrictions on exporting used cars but US does for importing cars younger than 25 years old, famously lobbied by Mercedes to block parallel third party imports of their entry level products from cannibalizing American sales.

Europe do not have that particular import restriction, and if someone wanted to personally import and register a brand new wheeled fuel drum with appropriate paperwork, they can.

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