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Originally Posted by is350
^not really... there's a couple chinese tests involving mixed hwy speed (averaging 90km/h) and stop and go traffic, also driving from low elevation to higher elevation location, car even did 2409km in one test...you can say BYD paid them, but once the cars hit the street, we shall see their real range is, I doubt it will be far from what they claim, BYD is the biggest EV automaker in the world for a reason.
Even if you give corolla hybrid or the passat diesel the same size gas tank, their ranges will still be lower than this BYD at least from what they claim. hopefully real world test proves it.
And all of that for under $15k USD, that is a no brainer price in China or in NA, but we know they won't be allowed here
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To be fair, the 46% thermal efficiency is a hell of an achievement and BYD makes some of the best batteries.
I wonder how much effort they’ve put into other parts of the car like crash structures. My TAs at school worked on the Cadillac CT6 and saved a 100+ lbs out of the rear crash structure