BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter, topping 300,000

Re:BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter,... by rafaelmn on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:16PM (#50344693)

>Consumers want protection from cars they can't afford to fix.

Said who ? If it's under warranty for long enough and cheap enough then I don't really care even if I have to fully replace it in 5 years and sell for scrap. Without tariffs that's what the price would be.

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Re:BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter,... by ranger_danger on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:19PM (#50344740)

Are you suggesting consumers want cars they can't fix?

They may regret it when the battery dies and it's a $20k repair because they're actually structural components on those cars. Or a single $20 sensor dies that's part of a larger non-serviceable $5k component.

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Re:BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter,... by cyberax on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:39PM (#50345808)

Blade batteries are still repairable. Re-celling a Model 3 battery is $6000: https://recell-ev.com/ so BYD battery repairs will likely be in the same range.

That's assuming it's out of warranty, which is now 150k miles or 8 years for BYD in the UK.

The largest other component is the integrated motor/inverter and they should be pretty reliable. They are still repairable, although you might need to replace the entire circuit boards, rather than individual components.

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Re:BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter,... by rafaelmn on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:34PM (#50348114)

If the option is 25k for a car I "can't repair" in 5 years or 50k for a car I can - I'll take the 25k one, if I can get the warranty to cover those 5 years, all else being equal.

Everything is "repairable" it's just a matter of is it worth repairing. Maybe rebuilding the car every 5-10 years isn't that bad of a model.

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