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minus-squareyessikglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoEven if this car was $20000 in the USA, it would still be the cheapest EV sigh If only
minus-squareadude007@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoThe sales price for the thing is supposedly going to be around USD 20,000 in Mexico. If the car doesn’t meet standards for crash in the US I would expect the price to go up a bit from there.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoI don’t see why it would not meet US crash standards. All BYD cars got 5 cars on Europe NCAP.
minus-squareadude007@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoSeagull isn’t rated on NCAP and I don’t think it’s certified for sale in EU either. Not saying it doesn’t meet but it’s not rated either.
Even if this car was $20000 in the USA, it would still be the cheapest EV sigh If only
The sales price for the thing is supposedly going to be around USD 20,000 in Mexico. If the car doesn’t meet standards for crash in the US I would expect the price to go up a bit from there.
I don’t see why it would not meet US crash standards.
All BYD cars got 5 cars on Europe NCAP.
Seagull isn’t rated on NCAP and I don’t think it’s certified for sale in EU either. Not saying it doesn’t meet but it’s not rated either.