• Humanius@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Doesn’t Ford mostly focuss on the American market these days? They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore, only oversized pickups and SUVs, which don’t sell well outside of North America.

    Meanwhile BYD has the Chinese market already, and is expanding globally, selling relatively affordable EVs.
    I’m not exactly surprised that they are outselling Ford

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      4 hours ago

      Compact/Crossover SUVs are hugely popular worldwide. I was surprised to learn BYD’s best selling car wasn’t the smaller Dolphin or Seagull, but the Song Plus.

      But, yeah, Ford has been focusing on bigass expensive cara here too. Their cheapest (gas) vehicle for this year is more expensive than the BYD Song plug-in hybrid, which is twice the price of the Seagull.

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      6 hours ago

      They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore,

      In Europe they do, and it’s still a reasonably popular brand despite Trump.

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        4 hours ago

        That must have changed recently then, because last I checked they only really had the Mustang