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BYD Slashes Price of Electric Car and Becomes Cheapest in Australia [video] (https://www.youtube.com)

48 points by thelastgallon about 7 hours ago | 82 comments | View on ycombinator

grahar64 about 7 hours ago |

In NZ there are BYDs everywhere. Why are they not in US yet?

yen223 about 5 hours ago |

When they say cheapest, they mean cheapest new car including petrol cars.

I have no idea why ICE cars are so pricey nowadays here.

DivingForGold about 1 hour ago |

Will be earth shattering when the CCP "pulls the plug" and then BYD and other Chinese manufacturers fail to honor vehicle warranties, even abandon their warrantee / service centers throughout the world

jscyc about 6 hours ago |

That's a pretty stunning price. For context I was looking at a second hand 2018 Nissan Leaf (grey import here in Australia) a couple weeks ago for 20k.

motionlessveloc about 7 hours ago |

Non-video story: https://thedriven.io/2026/09/16/australias-cheapest-new-car-...

TL;DR: AUD 19,900 driveway (means taxes, registration etc included), or about US$14k. The main limitation is the 220 km (135 mi) range, which is fine for a city runabout but not great for road tripping.

xbmcuser about 6 hours ago |

With free electricity bring offered in the afternoon because of excess solar would be a great car for most peoples daily commute cheaper even than public transport as this is less than $6 per day over 10 years

joinHNtheysaid about 5 hours ago |

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legitster about 5 hours ago |

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throw3x about 6 hours ago |

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feverzsj about 6 hours ago |

Made by extremely overworked and underpaid workers. For either moral or safety reason, you shouldn't buy them.