BYD Dolphin launched in South Africa

[wingnut771]

The price is too high, it doesn't make sense.

Let's say you compare it to a small hatch like a suzuki swift. The dolphin is +R300k in price compared to the swift. If you do 15k km/year let's say, that's R18375/year you're spending in fuel for the swift. Assuming that you already have a solar system big enough to charge the dolphin entirely from solar, e.g. driving for free, it will take you 16.327 years to make up the price difference between the cars. Yeah, yeah, I know it's maybe not an entirely accurate comparison between a swift vs a dolphin, the dolphin does have some fancy tech and interior which may appeal to some people, but it's also unrealistic to assume that everyone has an existing solar system big enough to charge the dolphin for free, so let's call it even. Now I know some will probably say well that's a fair trade, 16 years and it'll cancel out, but that assumes that you have +R300k in spare capital lying around. If you had that R300k lying around, just put it into government retail bonds (for example - at 11.5% pa for a 5 year investment), that's R34500 in interest that you're earning per year, which is nearly double the fuel cost for the susuki swift. So unfortunately never mind taking 16.327 years to make up the difference in price, actually you're better off driving the suzuki swift for free and using the spare cash to pay for insurance and maintenance on the swift...

Take the import duties away then its the same price as the swift.

 

[1am7h30n3]

Take the import duties away then its the same price as the swift.

If it was the same price as a swift, I would buy it immediately. I've already got myself so excited about the idea of being able to charge an electric car from a solar system.

 

[K3NS31]

Hey China simp, what does moving production to china have to do with Chinese buying Vw’s?

They can't move production to China cos the Chinese aren't buying the cars they're producing there. They already have factories everywhere else so they can't do anything else with those cars.

 

[wingnut771]

They can't move production to China cos the Chinese aren't buying the cars they're producing there. They already have factories everywhere else so they can't do anything else with those cars.

I'm talking about VW EV's. These will be for export. VW is going to stop producing ICE cars soon and they want to be competitive with chinese EVs, and the only way to do that is to use the slave labour in china.

 

[FiestaST]

Already updated the Official BYD Thread

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791472102677098580

 

[K3NS31]

I'm talking about VW EV's. These will be for export. VW is going to stop producing ICE cars soon and they want to be competitive with chinese EVs, and the only way to do that is to use the slave labour in china.

Yep, that's exactly what I meant. The EV's they're trying to make in China are rubbish and the Chinese aren't buying them. Hence my original joke - "VW are trying to move production to China"

 

[wingnut771]

Yep, that's exactly what I meant. The EV's they're trying to make in China are rubbish and the Chinese aren't buying them. Hence my original joke - "VW are trying to move production to China"

What EVs are they making in China?

 

[K3NS31]

What EVs are they making in China?

Geezuz who cares it's VW they suck anyway. (iD Series tho, for the record. Which nobody wants. Dunno if they're making them there yet but they wanted to. Except with nobody buying they've probably canned that idea).
{FWIW I own a Polo.}

 

[wingnut771]

Geezuz who cares it's VW they suck anyway. (iD Series tho, for the record. Which nobody wants. Dunno if they're making them there yet but they wanted to. Except with nobody buying they've probably canned that idea).
{FWIW I own a Polo.}

Stop making kak up then. Keep your opinions about VW to yourself please and thanks.

 

[K3NS31]

Stop making kak up then. Keep your opinions about VW to yourself please and thanks.

Eh? On an Internet forum? Nobody's kept their opinions about anything to themselves since the internet was invented.
What do you care anyway? Brand loyalty? Didn't that die in the 2000's? Surely after Dieselgate at least.