From the article,
“According to The Globe and Mail, BYD has hired Dealer Solutions Mergers & Acquisitions, a Markham, Ontario-based automotive retail consultancy, to find dealership locations across the country. The firm’s CEO, Farid Ahmad, confirmed that BYD is targeting approximately 20 stores within its first year of Canadian operations.
“They’ve asked us to help them find as many of the 20 that they possibly can, but they’re out there doing that themselves, as well,” Ahmad told the newspaper.
Three potential locations in the Greater Toronto Area are already under discussion. After establishing a GTA footprint, BYD plans to expand into Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary — covering Canada’s four largest metro areas.”
publicworker69 on
Really curious about the price of a BYD will be.
wtfman1988 on
Given the cost of gas lately, I feel people will more seriously consider electric than they did previously
Displeased_Canadian on
They should build the cars here too.
DukeandKate on
“Open the flood gates”. 49,000 cars is not a flood. Unless they plan to assemble them in Canada which looks unlikely given the economics at the present. And all of that allocation won’t go to BYD.
DukeandKate on
Poilieve has stated he would bring back the 100% tariff if elected. This will certainly be a wedge issue in the next election.
supermau5 on
Good Canada needs more competition in the car market these car prices are getting insane.
stephenBB81 on
These will be very small dealerships. At BEST! They can expect to move 20k cars a year so 1000 per dealership, that is a very low number to have any real footprint.
cabbeer on
Do they do hybrid? Full electric makes little sense in Canada when cars loose 30-40% capacity in winter.
Snap_Krackle_Pop- on
I really wish it didn’t cost $30k to install proper charging infrastructure in my condo 🙁 I’d really like to go electric
MetalMoneky on
Sharks, just gives us sharks….
sum-9 on
Good.
NoMany3094 on
Wow, cool! When my gas guzzler bites the dust, I’m up for a BYD.
RevolvingCheeta on
Man if BYD made a pickup that had a 700km range with a 22k lbs towing capacity, I’d jump ship from diesel.
It’s unfortunate that in order to “live the Canadian dream” and create a business of my own; we collectively get beat down by tariffs, high fuel prices, soaring costs of living & narcissistic old men sought on destroying economies/cultures for the sake of feeling power.
BradlyPitts89 on
Does this even register with US auto makers?
Economy-Trust7649 on
If BYD sends over an electric car with 1000km range and a 9min charge, the only thing preventing me from buying one would be a Ford Pinto situation.
Even then, with gas prices like these I might risk it.
GenericUsername_RNG on
Hell yeah
onegunzo on
BYD hasn’t signed onto Tesla’s charging network. We all know Tesla’s charging network is far superior than any other network. That means, either BYD will have to adopt either/both NACS and CCS1 and hope Tesla lets them on 🙂 So, folks willing to buy BYD not knowing what charging approach
mistermeesh on
China laughing all the way to the bank as the US turns everyone off of oil. Timing couldn’t be better.
Dxres on
Great! Next step is to allow for direct to consumer sales and throw dealerships into oblivion.
Hot_Cheesecake_905 on
20 locations x 40 – 50 potential staff, so that’s like a 8,00 – 1,000 jobs? That’s pretty good even if we’re not getting a factory (yet).
GreenBrain on
Fuck yes, can’t wait to stop buying gas forever.
MommersHeart on
I got one on uber in Australia this year – amazing vehicles- I want one.
FLee21 on
I will absolutely be buying an EV once my gas SUV kicks it. Done paying for overpriced gas to help fund billionaira who destroy the planet.
Educational_Work896 on
I just hope that they don’t sell cars that are continuously reporting your data to the homeland. If so, that’s a problem.
Modern cars with CarPlay/Android Auto or proprietary systems can harvest a lot of data about you. Then there’s the cabin IR sensors, cameras and microphones that can potentially be used to collect data.
At home, I put devices like that on a separate network. It’s harder with a car that will have an eSIM onboard even if it’s not simply using my phone’s data.
All that said, I’m surprised at the number of people that don’t care about data harvesting if it means a cheaper purchase.
turtlefan32 on
excellent
jcsi on
Poor Ottawa.
MrEvilFox on
Let’s gooooo!
OneEquivalent5236 on
Can I buy a car in Canada and bring it back to California?
LessonStudio on
I want 500k not 50k of them coming in.
I would laugh my ass off watching trump scream as US car sales cratered in Canada.
trump is going to go down in history as the greatest US president; that is, for everyone but americans.
Ok_Veterinarian_6488 on
How reliable will BYD cars actually be in Canada?
Agressive-toothbrush on
The cheapest Chinese EV sold in Europe, Australia and South America is the **Geely EX2 RWD.**
The car retails on average around $22,000 USD or $29,000 Canadian.
For that price you get 116 HP, 151 Nm torque, 350 km range WLTP (280 km realistic), 0-100 in 9 to 10 seconds and a max speed of 130 – 140 km/h.
The battery choices are 30 kWh and 40 kWh. The charge rate is 70kW.
It seats 5 people and has a frunk (70L) and a trunk (375 L), 1300 L with rear seats folded.
It comes on steel wheels with plastic hubcaps.
The interior features a lot of hard, cheap plastics and lacks physical buttons for climate control and other functions that must be adjusted on the touch screen.
The touchscreen is large and its responsiveness is ok.
fricken on
We’re in a new phase where every move the petro-pedos make they lose ground to China and renewables
HereGoesMy2Cents on
Byd, please put up a coming soon page with prices!
HQnorth on
When my little Ford Maverick truck shits the bed I’m looking at BYD. I drove one in Portugal and they are well thought out and a pleasure to drive past the gas stations.
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By comparison, Tesla has 30 dealers in Canada.
From the article,
“According to The Globe and Mail, BYD has hired Dealer Solutions Mergers & Acquisitions, a Markham, Ontario-based automotive retail consultancy, to find dealership locations across the country. The firm’s CEO, Farid Ahmad, confirmed that BYD is targeting approximately 20 stores within its first year of Canadian operations.
“They’ve asked us to help them find as many of the 20 that they possibly can, but they’re out there doing that themselves, as well,” Ahmad told the newspaper.
Three potential locations in the Greater Toronto Area are already under discussion. After establishing a GTA footprint, BYD plans to expand into Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary — covering Canada’s four largest metro areas.”
Really curious about the price of a BYD will be.
Given the cost of gas lately, I feel people will more seriously consider electric than they did previously
They should build the cars here too.
“Open the flood gates”. 49,000 cars is not a flood. Unless they plan to assemble them in Canada which looks unlikely given the economics at the present. And all of that allocation won’t go to BYD.
Poilieve has stated he would bring back the 100% tariff if elected. This will certainly be a wedge issue in the next election.
Good Canada needs more competition in the car market these car prices are getting insane.
These will be very small dealerships. At BEST! They can expect to move 20k cars a year so 1000 per dealership, that is a very low number to have any real footprint.
Do they do hybrid? Full electric makes little sense in Canada when cars loose 30-40% capacity in winter.
I really wish it didn’t cost $30k to install proper charging infrastructure in my condo 🙁 I’d really like to go electric
Sharks, just gives us sharks….
Good.
Wow, cool! When my gas guzzler bites the dust, I’m up for a BYD.
Man if BYD made a pickup that had a 700km range with a 22k lbs towing capacity, I’d jump ship from diesel.
It’s unfortunate that in order to “live the Canadian dream” and create a business of my own; we collectively get beat down by tariffs, high fuel prices, soaring costs of living & narcissistic old men sought on destroying economies/cultures for the sake of feeling power.
Does this even register with US auto makers?
If BYD sends over an electric car with 1000km range and a 9min charge, the only thing preventing me from buying one would be a Ford Pinto situation.
Even then, with gas prices like these I might risk it.
Hell yeah
BYD hasn’t signed onto Tesla’s charging network. We all know Tesla’s charging network is far superior than any other network. That means, either BYD will have to adopt either/both NACS and CCS1 and hope Tesla lets them on 🙂 So, folks willing to buy BYD not knowing what charging approach
China laughing all the way to the bank as the US turns everyone off of oil. Timing couldn’t be better.
Great! Next step is to allow for direct to consumer sales and throw dealerships into oblivion.
20 locations x 40 – 50 potential staff, so that’s like a 8,00 – 1,000 jobs? That’s pretty good even if we’re not getting a factory (yet).
Fuck yes, can’t wait to stop buying gas forever.
I got one on uber in Australia this year – amazing vehicles- I want one.
I will absolutely be buying an EV once my gas SUV kicks it. Done paying for overpriced gas to help fund billionaira who destroy the planet.
I just hope that they don’t sell cars that are continuously reporting your data to the homeland. If so, that’s a problem.
Modern cars with CarPlay/Android Auto or proprietary systems can harvest a lot of data about you. Then there’s the cabin IR sensors, cameras and microphones that can potentially be used to collect data.
At home, I put devices like that on a separate network. It’s harder with a car that will have an eSIM onboard even if it’s not simply using my phone’s data.
All that said, I’m surprised at the number of people that don’t care about data harvesting if it means a cheaper purchase.
excellent
Poor Ottawa.
Let’s gooooo!
Can I buy a car in Canada and bring it back to California?
I want 500k not 50k of them coming in.
I would laugh my ass off watching trump scream as US car sales cratered in Canada.
trump is going to go down in history as the greatest US president; that is, for everyone but americans.
How reliable will BYD cars actually be in Canada?
The cheapest Chinese EV sold in Europe, Australia and South America is the **Geely EX2 RWD.**
The car retails on average around $22,000 USD or $29,000 Canadian.
For that price you get 116 HP, 151 Nm torque, 350 km range WLTP (280 km realistic), 0-100 in 9 to 10 seconds and a max speed of 130 – 140 km/h.
The battery choices are 30 kWh and 40 kWh. The charge rate is 70kW.
It seats 5 people and has a frunk (70L) and a trunk (375 L), 1300 L with rear seats folded.
It comes on steel wheels with plastic hubcaps.
The interior features a lot of hard, cheap plastics and lacks physical buttons for climate control and other functions that must be adjusted on the touch screen.
The touchscreen is large and its responsiveness is ok.
We’re in a new phase where every move the petro-pedos make they lose ground to China and renewables
Byd, please put up a coming soon page with prices!
When my little Ford Maverick truck shits the bed I’m looking at BYD. I drove one in Portugal and they are well thought out and a pleasure to drive past the gas stations.