In 2011, the mere mention of upstart Chinese EV company BYD (Build Your Dreams) elicited a chuckle from Elon Musk during a Bloomberg interview. For various reasons, most industry analysts and publications did not have a positive image of BYD. Primarily, the less-than-favorable view on BYD stemmed from the company’s early EV cars looking like cheap knockoffs of gas-powered vehicles. Their quality was terrible, and the specs and range numbers were nothing to write home about. Fast forward a
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