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BYD EV teardown in Japan reveals secrets to its affordability
China is way ahead of Japan (and most of the world) when it comes to EVs, and it doesn't look like it will catch up anytime soon.
Between the E-Axle and the economies of scale that BYD can achieve, it can sell its EVs at very affordable prices that non-Chinese automakers simply can't match. The Atto 3 teardown in Japan revealed one of the ways BYD manages to keep costs down and pass the savings down to the person who buys the car. It includes not only the motor, inverter, transmission and controller but also the onboard AC charger, the DC-to-DC converter and the battery monitoring system (BMS).
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