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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: 0.601s | 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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contrarian1234 ◴[30 Jun 25 12:20 UTC] No.44422366[source]▶
but I'm guessing those are post tax prices .. While in the US prices are pre-tax

So if you saw the pretax figures it'd probably be true

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diggan ◴[30 Jun 25 12:21 UTC] No.44422379[source]▶
> So if you saw the pretax figures it'd probably be true

But why would I look at the pretax figures? Who would look at that, unless you're doing a business purchase? It basically has no meaning for the average person since they'll never buy anything without the taxes anyways.

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1. runako ◴[30 Jun 25 13:13 UTC] No.44422890[source]▶
Others are sharing the sales tax rates by state, which is not the same as the auto sales tax rate by state, which is typically lower. Notably, there are a few states with no auto sales tax.

People have been known to cross state lines to purchase cars, to save a few hundred dollars on the purchase. In any case, a $10k vehicle is not going to cost over $11k post-tax in any state.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/car-sales-t...

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2. kube-system ◴[30 Jun 25 13:42 UTC] No.44423178[source]▶
I've bought cars across state lines at least a half-dozen times, but the tax is always assessed at registration in the locality where I live.