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Is Tesla Feeling the BYD? A Chinese Giant Shakes Up the EV Electric Car Landscape

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The Electric Throne: BYD's Rise and Tesla's Response in the Evolving EV LandscapeThe electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a seismic shift. For years, Tesla reigned supreme, synonymous with innovation and luxury electric cars. However, a new challenger has emerged – BYD, the Chinese automotiv...

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If BYD weren't stealing western designs I might consider them. They are saving a lot of cost from not having to do much RnD
- Source? Or is it just a matter of "it has the same shape as a western car, and a steering wheel = omfg IP theft"?
  
  Their current flagship is basically a 1-1 copy of some porsche ev
  
  So you're just talking about the look of the car? Because BYD has been doing EVs far longer than Porsche, so if anyone is doing a rip-off of the tech, it would be Porsche.
  
  As far as design goes, BYD's aesthetics in recent years has a lot to do with them hiring big-shot European designers like Wolfgang Egger. If they're pulling from the same talent pool as other top carmakers, it's not so obvious why you'd accuse BYD of copying others, and not vice versa.
  
  Nah you don't get it, the design is a 1 to 1 rip off. I'll have a quick look to see if I can find the post.
  
  Not the one I was thinking of but
  
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/tychodefeijter/2016/12/15/how-a-chinese-automaker-can-clone-porsche-and-still-get-away-with-it/
  
  If you're referring to the BYD U7 vs the Porsche Taycan, they both look like car. Beyond that, eh.
  
  The tesla model S looks like a decade old eurospec Ford Mondeo.
  
  Certainly look more alike than a porsche and a byd.
  
  Lol no it doesn't.
  
  The ford mondeo (I think it was called the fusion in the US) was 'inspired' by the Aston Martin Rapide. This was at a time when Ford owned Aston Martin. Fisker and Porritt, who worked at tesla when the model S came out, also worked for Ford/Aston Martin.
  
  It's not just me either. For example, here's a ten year old thread on the tesla forum which mentions it:
  
  https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/ford-mondeo-copying-s-design.42767/
  
  That is a different car brand, though?
  
  It is, haven't found the one I was thinking of.
- If they are affordable and sold here I may consider them. Affordability and knobs and buttons are all I want.
  
  If they make a small truck on top of that, I'd start saving today.
  
  But I'm starting from zero knowledge, so this is all whimsical atm.
- I would never sit my ass over several kilos of several-watt-charged chinese lithium, anyway. I don't want to be the brightest flame on the road.

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