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Australian woman used her BYD electric car to power her son's dialysis machine during a blackout (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Australian woman used her BYD electric car to power her son's dialysis machine during a blackout::A BYD electric car acted as a life-saving power generator during extreme weather in Australia.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for the context. Just seems like there are so many articles about BYD lately.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 2 points 11 months ago

I mean they sell a shit-ton of cars, so I don't think it's that surprising. Telsa also gets posted like crazy. Less bots, and more people who are excessively attached to the brand probably.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They're probably trying to make a push into the US market. I agree the number of posts about them over the last week or two has been ridiculous but they're probably spamming and astroturfing the shit out of reddit which the bot is picking up on.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd be surprised if they really try to push the BYD brand in the US. I think Geely is probably taking the right approach in using brands with varying degrees of establishment (Volvo, Lotus, Polestar).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They are currently dumping their cars in the UK market and I think Parliament is considering increasing their tariffs. If they try and enter the US, best believe they will tax the shit out of them.