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.

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.

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    846·
    10 months ago

    The fact that the headline says “Chinese Carmaker” and not “BYD” says a lot about their international market share.

    • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      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.

      • CertifiedBlackGuy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        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.

        • Thoth19@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          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.

    • InFerNo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      The headline also says overtakes, while it says “poised to be” in the text.

    • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      It says a lot about that “journalist” knowledge of the topic

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      To be honest, I think it more tells you the article was written by an American for an American audience.