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BYD’s Seagull Starts At Just $11,300 And Has Sodium-Ion Battery (Good-looking car - CURRENTLY available only in China)
Car Scoops ^ | April 20, 2023 | https:/www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/

Posted on 09/15/2023 11:40:05 PM PDT by cba123

This is the new BYD Seagull and with a price tag starting at just 78,000 yuan ($11,300), it is one of the most compelling new electric vehicles from China launched in quite some time.

Presented at the ongoing Shanghai Auto Show, the BYD Seagull takes the form of a compact hatchback that will be positioned below the Dolphin in the brand’s range. It is just 3,780 mm (148.8 inches) long, 1,715 mm (67.5 inches) wide, and stands 1,540 mm (60.6 inches) tall and sports quite an edgy and aggressive design that should appeal to young consumers throughout China.

The car’s front end is particularly aggressive with angular headlights, pronounced creases, and a blacked-out lower grille. It also has quite a dramatic side profile with black wheels and wheel arches, lines stretching diagonally along the doors, flush handles, and rear side windows that extend upwards towards thick C-pillars with a black accent. Found at the rear of the BYD Seagull are LED taillights and a light bar, as well as a large spoiler stretching out from the roof.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheap; china; electric; ev; seagull; sodium; wboopi
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Nice looking car.

Sodium battery,

Cheap.

But … for now only in China. That said BYD is one of China’s biggest new car companies.

This has already been produced since April

1 posted on 09/15/2023 11:40:05 PM PDT by cba123
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To: cba123

You work for Chicoms?


2 posted on 09/15/2023 11:43:53 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cba123

“Edgy” is another word for “ugly”.


3 posted on 09/15/2023 11:51:01 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: ifinnegan

Nope.

But it seems China is WAY ahead of America now, while the major US auto companies are nearly all on strike, while autos in America just get more, and more, and more expensive.

Demanding an INCREASE in wages, of …

FORTY PERCENT


4 posted on 09/15/2023 11:51:49 PM PDT by cba123 (Tôi là người Mỹ. Hiện tôi đang ở Việt Nam)
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To: cba123
Here is what you can currently purchase from China on sale for just $10,600 before shipping, handling, tariffs, and other taxes. But you better hurry because SEPT. 16th 7 HR. SALE ends in just 14 hours.

What a deal! Look at that cute sticker that makes it look like it has a grill.


5 posted on 09/15/2023 11:52:56 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: fireman15

Crash tests should be interesting.


6 posted on 09/15/2023 11:54:47 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: cba123
By the time The Federal Highway Administration got through with it, you'd have to double the price.
7 posted on 09/15/2023 11:55:38 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: cba123
Sorry, here is the link to the "Pride Ride"... Of course it is not actually street legal... except maybe in places where they allow golf carts.

https://www.saferwholesale.com/Coco-Coupe-Rainbow-Edition-60v-Electric-4-Seater-G-p/gsi-cococoe-rainbowedition.htm?vfsku=GSI.CoCoCoe.RainbowEdition&Click=35179&vfsku=GSI.CoCoCoe.RainbowEdition&gpla=pla&gclid=CjwKCAjwgZCoBhBnEiwAz35RwrVOYPnXpQh_Pbq_ldZif2Tnhtnv_Cy5FUfjiUKApXYln32F1QM9_xoCpVAQAvD_BwE

8 posted on 09/15/2023 11:55:49 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: fireman15
Don't those headlights look a little slanty to you?

9 posted on 09/15/2023 11:57:47 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: fireman15

I am not good at posting photos, maybe someone can?

It is a very fine-looking, sodium-based car, for $11,300

While our car industry is on strike, demanding a 40% raise.


10 posted on 09/16/2023 12:00:06 AM PDT by cba123 (Tôi là người Mỹ. Hiện tôi đang ở Việt Nam)
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To: Fresh Wind
Crash tests should be interesting.

Macro Shot Of A Colorfully Painted Car, An Old Crashed, Damaged Car Wreck.  Kids Are Having Fun, Making Drawings And Graffiti Art, Paint On Wreck And  Tires With Green, Red, Orange, Yellow,

Chinese "Pride Ride" vs Harley Davidson. Just kidding. The "Pride Ride" doesn't have that much metal and wouldn't hold up as well.

11 posted on 09/16/2023 12:00:30 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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Yeah, you peddle Chicom narrative.

Biyadi is a joke.

They used to imitate BMW.

https://signalvnoise.com/archives2/chinese_logo_lookalikes_bmw_and_byd.php

Now they changed to Tesla colors.


12 posted on 09/16/2023 12:03:00 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cba123
I am not good at posting photos, maybe someone can?

No problem.


13 posted on 09/16/2023 12:03:33 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: fireman15

That is not the car.

It is a new, sporty, cheap, real automobile.


14 posted on 09/16/2023 12:04:32 AM PDT by cba123 (Tôi là người Mỹ. Hiện tôi đang ở Việt Nam)
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To: fireman15

YES

That is it. Thanks


15 posted on 09/16/2023 12:05:26 AM PDT by cba123 (Tôi là người Mỹ. Hiện tôi đang ở Việt Nam)
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To: Fresh Wind

You need to stream “The China Show” about Chinas disastrous EVs and how terrible they are and how ofter the batteries explode into fires that can be put out and end up burning down buildings and other vehicles. China cuts too many corners in everything they do and safety and quality is a joke.


16 posted on 09/16/2023 12:06:01 AM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: fireman15

Hmmmm… it has the right look but, unfortunately, not the right size for a true CLOWN CAR,


17 posted on 09/16/2023 12:07:25 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: cba123

I agree that it is an attractive little car... Who knows how well it would hold up? And by the time it made it through all the government hoops and other challenges it is not going to be starting at $11,300.


18 posted on 09/16/2023 12:08:12 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: cba123

Where do I put the clubs?


19 posted on 09/16/2023 12:10:17 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: TonyM

Sodium battery.

Doesn’t explode.

(Not quite as much range though)


20 posted on 09/16/2023 12:11:48 AM PDT by cba123 (Tôi là người Mỹ. Hiện tôi đang ở Việt Nam)
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