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The $25k car is going extinct?

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319 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 29 Jun 25 15:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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1970-01-01 ◴[30 Jun 25 12:10 UTC] No.44422276[source]▶
Completely unmentioned: Chinese EVs are $10k worldwide except USA.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/08/2025-byd-seagull-ev-sta...

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diggan ◴[30 Jun 25 12:18 UTC] No.44422343[source]▶
The Seagull (aka "Dolphin Surf" in other countries) seems to cost 18560 GBP in the UK, or 11.780€ in Spain. Haven't checked out other countries, but clearly "Chinese EVs (BYD Seagull/Dolphin Surf/Dolphin Mini) are $10k worldwide except USA" isn't 100% correct.

Seems fine to leave something like that unmentioned, as a quick check reveals it not to be true at all.

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1. Xenoamorphous ◴[30 Jun 25 12:49 UTC] No.44422624[source]▶
Is there a typo in your message? I see €18,780 in Spain.
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2. diggan ◴[30 Jun 25 14:34 UTC] No.44423857[source]▶
Ah, no, I just went to the homepage of BYD, clicked on Dolphin Surf and seems it sent me to a promotion page (https://www.byd.com/es-es/promociones/dolphin-surf-promocion) where the price is listed as 11.780€.

The footer mentions the PVP (recommended pricing) is 11.780€, which is after the government MOVES III rebate which removes 7K, which would explain the difference.