China's BYD turns up heat in Europe with launch of Dolphin Surf EV

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/byd-launches-low-cost-dolphin-surf-electric-car-europe-2025-05-21/

The car will sell at three price points, from 22,990 euros ($26,100) for a 322-kilometre (200-mile) range, to 24,990 euros for a 507-kilometre range.

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obazdaa@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

There will be a special action price lowering the price of the cheapest trim level to less than 20000€. Ends in June. I think the car is interesting, the range is very low but I believe there will be more buyers than some people expect. The VW e-up used to be quite popular too, not sure what the range was on that car

Mihies@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y

TBH the 322km range (I guess more like 200-250 realistically?) is good for 99% of what I need a car for. It's certainly a good second car if nothing else.