▲ 220 ▼ Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/world@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gex@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Car manufacturers will meet local safety standards, so a BYD sold in the EU is probably going to be safer than a BYD sold in Mexico Here's an example with Peugeot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago In this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don't maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC. FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 0 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's an example with Peugeot Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago In this case BYD lacks a local factory and their profit margins are significant enough that they don't maintain region-specific frame SKUs IIRC. FWIW the Chinese market is one of the biggest for Volvo because Chinese consumers care about (perceived) safety. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 0 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's an example with Peugeot Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent