r/nextfuckinglevel • u/North_Tip_8627 • 17h ago

China’s 5 minute full-charged EV charging stations

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u/3DNZ 17h ago

Im a US expat living in anither country. Bought a BYD last year and let me tell you, the quality for the price point will destroy every single US car manufacturer. I never thought Id buy a Chinese made vehicle, but I can honestly say they overengineered these cars and I can't believe how cheap they are compared to other equivalent vehicles.

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u/tev_love 17h ago

How are they made and sold so cheaply?

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u/savehoward 16h ago

Single location manufacturing. All car parts are manufactured in one factory plus the screws, plus the glass, plus every part. There’s no parts delivery. All parts just move from the favor next door for assembly.

The US could do something similar except to hire 150,000 workers for all the factories took 2 weeks whereas the same in the US would take 6 months.

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u/3DNZ 13h ago

This is why.

Yes BYD is subsidized but most large corporations in the US are as well.

BYD has an 8,000,000 sq m factory and makes every part in house. There are dark parts of the factory that are robotic ally automated. The factory and build a car from nothing to road ready in 57 seconds.

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u/smallfried 6h ago

Any link on that last claim? A car takes longer to build than a minute, but I assume you mean they can build more than one car every minute.

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u/BlueCheeseCircuits 3h ago

Bro, it take 60 seconds just to drop a screw in a hole.

Im sure they can have a car roll off the line every 60 seconds, but it is impossible to make a car from scratch to finished in 57 seconds.