BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid rising oil prices

Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by harry8 on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:17PM (#47462649)

1910 The UK is the biggest, most powerful empire the world has ever seen.

1950 The UK is not that or anything like it.

Today. Does anyone really care much about what the UK says or does on the world stage? Ordinary British are better off now than 1910 and it isn't close.

So what you say is obviously true as long you define "quickly."

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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by tim333 on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:46PM (#47462865)

Much of the UK's decline from 1910 to 1950 was from spending its money funding WW1 and WW2. Hopefully we don't get world wars soon.

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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by dh2022 on Saturday March 21, 2026 @12:15AM (#47463919)

Plus the Japanese beating the British so badly all over Southeast Asia. This gave a lot of momentum to independence in Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and eventually India.

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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by wltr on Saturday March 21, 2026 @05:48AM (#47465611)

Thailand? From whom?

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Re:BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid ... by harry8 on Friday March 20, 2026 @09:18PM (#47463061)

Quite.

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