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The $25k car is going extinct?

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319 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 29 Jun 25 15:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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. simiones ◴[30 Jun 25 13:35 UTC] No.44423113[source]▶
That's how people in the USA typically talk about prices, and it is what all displayed prices in the USA (from food on the menu to car prices) represent. Since the article is talking about US car prices, it's the only relevant thing to compare.

Otherwise, feel free to adjust $10k -> $12.5k or whatever the VAT is in your region.