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		runako 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sal... We have manufacturing capacity here! Some of this is simply down to US automakers choosing high-margin SUVs and trucks over cars (most US auto brands do not offer a single car). Basically only Tesla offers any car that is even similar to the extremely popular Toyota Camry. No US maker offers a compact car anymore. Honestly, I don't think the immediate impact of dropping tariffs on Chinese vehicles would be as dire for the US automakers because the Chinese vehicles largely sell into noncompetitive segments. I don't doubt that the F-150s and Silverados can coexist with BYD sedans.

JKCalhoun 8 days ago [–]

Yeah, the US auto industry appears to have shoehorned itself into pickup trucks.

Fine, so let BYD come in with compacts, sedans, electrics.

It'll be interesting to see if US auto manufacturers were right that Americans only want trucks and SUVs.

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