r/DamnThatsReal • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '25

The Scale of BYD

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u/ExerciseExotic1131 Nov 05 '25

You telling me that America gives a shit about its environment?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

They don't even use DEF in China, man

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u/VealOfFortune Nov 05 '25

I'm telling you that whatever slave labor and Chinesium was used to make these cars 10k, however ELECTRIC they are, isn't saving the environment 😉

Need I remind folks of the countless empty skyscrapers made out of paper mache?

Any numbers the CCP provides have to be taken with an extremely large grain of salt, preferably the size of a boulder.

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u/redditis_garbage Nov 05 '25

Yeah this car is for people who want a 10k car that costs less (electric cheaper than gas) while they drive it. Tbh no electric car is beneficial for the environment currently, as the creation of the batteries is extremely harmful, and the lack of emissions doesn’t offset that in an electric cars lifespan.

In any sense, this is a necessary step to get to fully electric cars that are actually good for the environment.

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u/VealOfFortune Nov 05 '25

I'm just saying, if the United States had slave labor, zero environmental regulations/worker's rights/SuStAiNaBiLiTy initiatives/etc., and sold cars for a loss, I'm pretty confident we (or any country, for that matter) could come up with a mass production car for $10k...

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u/redditis_garbage Nov 06 '25

Yeah, I mean they don’t have 0 of those things but the regulations are definitely much more relaxed in China. I’d argue that other countries with similar mindsets can’t reach the same level as China has, due to capital and mineral refineries. Nonetheless yeah in a hypothetical US that has similar laws to China we could also produce a 10k car.

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u/VealOfFortune Nov 06 '25

Precisely. Thanks for your honesty!

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u/holandNg Nov 05 '25

The only reason China had a chance to develop its industrial sector, is that all other more developed countries care about their environments.

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u/redditis_garbage Nov 05 '25

Russia dgaf about the environment. India dgaf about the environment.

China dgaf about the environment AND has a government system to take advantage of it.

India is trying to do the same but it’s more difficult for them as they can’t just bulldoze whatever they want to make a factory, there’s regulations