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New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.
BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.
Elon Musk’s automaker faces a number of challenges in Europe, including intense ongoing competition and reputational damage to the brand.
Funny BYD is the battery OEM on heaps of non-chinese EVs. If you saw for example a Mercedes EV in traffic today, it likely had a BYD battery. They’ve been doing battery tech for literal decades. Their blade battery system is one of the safest and efficient ones on the market.
Who makes the batteries for all the chinese escooters?
I don’t know the statistics whether they’re particularly dangerous and given the numbers I see, they’re probably reasonably safe, but the videos they play on the shenzhen subway to impress the importance of not bringing an EV onto a crowded elevator or charge it in your home gives the impression that they could kill you at any moment.