There appears to be a couple of main reasons why BYD is not importing EVs to the US: 25% tariff on Chinese made EVs (initially put in place by Trump, and extended under Biden). Chinese EVs are specifically exempted from qualifying for any rebates or incentives. BYD Likely does not meet US safety standards for items like glass, headlights, crash testing, etc. doesn’t mean that they are unsafe, but more likely that they just have not gone through the expensive process to have the parts listed and made specific to US standards. BYD itself feels that the US market is somewhat soft for EVs, as they don’t seem to be pursuing exporting to the US. Congressional resistance to have Chinese EVs in the US market will likely make any import attempts difficult and expensive. I’ve heard they importing a -European- vehicle can be problematic to import to the US, and imagine the process to import a single example of a Chinese EV would be at least that difficult - time consuming, expensive, and probably no viable source for parts (like glass, passenger restraints, tail light lenses, door locks, and a host of other parts) that would make it a compliant road-worthy vehicle. Other items, such as the Chinese-standard charging inlet, would need to be re-wired to work with CCS/J1772, and the charging system might need to be adapted as well - not sure how the Chinese GB/T connector system communicates between the EVSE and the vehicle.
Tom Keenan > On Apr 25, 2024, at 12:55 PM, Mark E. Hanson via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bill etc > > > > Are BYD chinese EVs available in the US? I haven't seen any nearby. > > > > Yes doing conversions was about 600 hours labor (for me baking > controller/charger from scratch) and $15K parts (in the 90's) and you'll > never have something as reliable or the performance of a factory EV with > thousands of engineering hours & crash testing. > > > > Have a renewable energy day, > > > > Mark > > > > Mark E. Hanson > > 184 Vista Lane > > Fincastle, VA 24090 > > 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell > > REEVA: community service RE & EV project club > > Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) > > UL Certified PV Installer > > My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh > > REEVA Demo: <http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0> http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 > > > <https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/a88920376f864ecabaed843dd89 > 75b8d/signature> Fincastle Solar Weather Station > > > > > > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:27:50 +1200 > > From: Bill Dube <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] '91 BMW 318i conversion to electric > > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > What is important to keep in mind is that BYD is is now offering a > Corrola-sized EV for about $15k. > > https://electrek.co/2024/02/19/byd-launches-15k-qin-plus-ev-kicking-off-pric > e-war-gas-cars/ > > > > It is impossible to build your own EV for even double this price, even > getting all the labor for free. > > > > It would likely be less expensive to buy a brand new $15k BYD and move all > the components into your motorless BMW. Seriously. > > > > In "days of yor" there were no OEM EVs to be bought, so we built them > ourselves. This is no longer the case. > > > > Bill D. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240425/76e6bc75/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
