Chinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV Maker::Elon Musk once scoffed at the notion that BYD could compete with his company. Now, the automaker run by billionaire Wang Chuanfu is poised to be the new No. 1 in electric vehicles.

  • Chriswild@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Also says a lot that despite that they still make more. Having more global sales in effectively one country is more impressive if anything.

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      10 months ago

      Eh, it’s diminished when that one country holds nearly 17% of earth’s entire population, or nearly as much as the next 6 countries by population combined.

      When you have that much market, nearly anything you do will break population-based records.

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        10 months ago

        India and China have similar populations. It’s a bit disingenuous to say China has as much pop as the next 6 countries.