Tag: Tesla Model Y
Despite All The Smack Talk, Tesla Copied BYD
Tesla fans criticized BYD electric vehicles for years. Supposedly, they were cheap, boring, and poorly made. However, BYD has grown and grown over the past several years, now produces far more cars than Tesla, and has about the same number of R&D engineers as Tesla has total employees. Now we … [continued]
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BYD Datang Comparison Reveals Accelerating EV Progress
BYD’s Datang EV launched this week. While impressive on its own, the premium SUV becomes more impressive compared to other vehicles in China. RWD Datang models start at 239,900 RMB ($35,502 USD) for 800 km up to 269,900 RMB ($39,941 USD) for Flagship trim with 950 km of class-leading range … [continued]
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Toyota Rav4 Plug-in Hybrid vs. Tesla Model Y Basic
We took our second daughter to Paris for 6 months when she was 5 years old. After she grew up, we have been chasing her around the world ever since: Barcelona, Prague, Munich, London twice, Bangkok twice, Sydney 4 times, and back to Paris several times. She is a force … [continued]
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Observations After Two Weeks with Tesla Hardware 4 & Full Self Driving V14 in My 2026 Tesla Model Y
I lived through almost 7 years of numerous releases of Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) as it progressed in my 2019 Model 3 using “Hardware 3” (HW3), finally reaching FSD V12. Elon Musk promised every year that all of us Tesla owners with HW3 would see Level 4 self-driving in … [continued]
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The Big ICE Meltdown — May’s China EV Sales Report
ICE model sales crash 39% in May High gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed May to reach record EV market share, with plugins reaching a record 63%! However, while record market share was achieved in the past thanks to strong EV sales, this time, … [continued]
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