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July 2, 2024 2 min 299 words
西方媒体的这篇报道主要内容是：中国比亚迪（BYD在新能源汽车销售方面正赶超特斯拉（Tesla），根据路透社的数据，比亚迪第二季度新能源汽车销量增长了21，达到42.6万辆，略低于特斯拉同期的43.9万辆。报道分析了特斯拉销量下降的原因，主要是因为其放弃了经济型车型，转而关注robotaxis和豪华车型。而比亚迪的电动汽车则非常便宜，以近期上市的 Seagull 车型为例，起售价仅 1 万美元。报道还提到，比亚迪是中国产业战略的一部分，旨在颠覆美国汽车制造商的领先地位。 评论：该报道在描述事实方面较为客观，但存在一定偏见。例如，报道中提到“比亚迪是（中国）产业战略的一部分，旨在颠覆美国汽车制造商的领先地位”，这是一种带有阴谋论色彩的说法，忽略了市场竞争和消费者选择等因素。此外，报道中“特斯拉似乎已经放弃了经济型车型，转而关注 robotaxis 和反乌托邦不锈钢野兽”的说法也带有偏见，忽略了特斯拉可能有自己的发展战略和市场定位。总体而言，西方媒体的这篇报道在描述中国企业赶超美国企业时，存在一定失衡的倾向，未能全面客观地反映双方的竞争动态和市场因素。
China’s leading EV manufacturer, BYD, is catching up with Tesla in sales, according to sales figures published by Reuters. The company posted a 21 percent increase in electric vehicle sales throughout the second quarter. This totals 426,039 EVs from April to June, which is just 12,000 fewer vehicles than Tesla’s estimated deliveries for the same time period. This places BYD in a good position to become the world’s leading vendor.
Tesla just reported a five percent drop in deliveries for the most recent quarter, which is the first time the company has ever experienced two straight quarters of decline. It produced 410,831 units and delivered 443,956 EVs in Q2. Production decreased by over 20,000 units compared to quarter one. Analysts like Barclays predicted an even steeper drop, so this is (sort of) good news for the company.
There are a lot of factors playing into Tesla’s decline, but the biggest one is likely the fact that it seems to have abandoned budget-friendly models in favor of robotaxis and dystopian stainless steel beasts. BYD’s cars are fantastically cheap, with the recently-released Seagull starting at just $10,000. Of course, the company doesn’t have much of a presence in the US yet and tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles hope to keep it that way. The EU has taken a similar approach to curb the influx of inexpensive Chinese EVs.
BYD is part of China’s industrial strategy to topple US carmakers, though there’s one sure-fire way to stem the tide. Automakers should manufacture cheaper electric vehicles. BYD is becoming a global phenomenon because it makes budget-friendly EVs that aren’t pieces of junk. Some manufacturers have taken note. Look at the Nissan Leaf, for instance, or the Hyundai Kona. One company that seems to have ignored the memo entirely? Tesla.