[searealist]

They are just copying the Tesla playbook. Remember, they came out with the roadster first.

[orangeboats]

This kinda glosses over the entire history of BYD cars though.

BYD started very low, selling cheap EVs or hybrids like the BYD F3, then slowly creeped up to being a mainstream brand (a la Toyota) in China, and is now moving towards the even higher end with cars like Yangwang U8.

I guess my point is, it always seemed to me that their plan was to release products like the U9. It's just that they were doing it bottom-up.

[rasz]

Yes, roaster is soo cool, I see them everywhere at cars and coffee and drag strips and ... now back to reality.

There is a very limited number of Roadsters still on the road. They are actually more valuable in parts than the whole car https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/how-many-roadsters-a... Second gen was supposed to ship what, 3 years ago?

[lm28469]

> they came out with the roadster first.

Which is the literal opposite of what BYD did

[melling]

Which playbook? BYD has shipped millions of EVs.