BYD Slashes Price of Electric Car and Becomes Cheapest in Australia [video]
thelastgallon
26 points
28 comments
September 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
motionlessveloc
Non-video story: https://thedriven.io/2026/09/16/australias-cheapest-new-car-... TL;DR: AUD 19,900 driveway (means taxes etc included), or about US$14k. The main limitation is the 220 km (135 mi) range, which is fine for a city runabout but not great for road tripping.
grahar64
In NZ there are BYDs everywhere. Why are they not in US yet?
xbmcuser
With free electricity bring offered in the afternoon because of excess solar would be a great car for most peoples daily commute cheaper even than public transport as this is less than $6 per day over 10 years