Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces decline

I don't know anything about Tesla cars or how good they are, and I don't know anything about BYD cars or how good they are. But I can say that 4 door BYD cars are advertised around here for less then £20,000. While 4 door Teslas appear to start around £40,000. That's a pretty big difference when considering a first time electric car.

A £20k BYD is going to be a super short range model though. I think models that compete with Tesla are more like £30k, which is still a lot cheaper than Tesla but not quite as crazy as you're saying. Let me check:

Yeah Model 3 base is £40k for claimed 323 miles, or £45 for 436 miles.

BYD Dolphin is £30k for claimed 265 miles. Dolphin Surf (which is a lot smaller than a Model 3) is £19, £22, £24k for 137, 200, 193 miles.

I guess £22k for 200 mile range is not as bad as I was expecting actually. But still you can see why people who can afford it would still buy a Tesla. (Or an equivalent not sold by a twat.)

Stripped down Model Y is coming, was unearthed just a day or two before.

Still going to be far more expensive for being overall larger, higher range, better tech. There's no real ways for Tesla to cut cost without building smaller car (all while Americans are demanding larger model lol).