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Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car by michaelhoney on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:40AM (#45488283)
BYD is now the 6th most popular brand in Australia, up 176% YoY.
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Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car by slaw on Monday October 06, 2025 @03:44AM (#45488701)
BYD has only 4.9% of car sales market. Why BEVs are so unpopular in Australia, only 9.31% of sales?

https://www.fcai.com.au/new-brands-surge-in-strong-august-sa...

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Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car by mattclarkdotnet on Monday October 06, 2025 @04:15AM (#45488901)
Long driving distances in many areas, plus high electricity costs and poor charging infrastructure. Plug in hybrids sell like hot cakes though!
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Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car by slaw on Monday October 06, 2025 @07:34AM (#45490239)
Plug in hybrids are only 14.87%

https://www.aaa.asn.au/research-data/electric-vehicle/

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Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car by fragmede on Monday October 06, 2025 @11:07PM (#45499011)
That's a very slick site! It's kinda confusing. I think PHEV is orange is 3.79% of new vehicles though.
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Re:BYD Builds World's Fastest Car by slaw on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @12:50AM (#45499485)
You are right. PHEV is only 3.79%.
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