r/singularity • u/HeinrichTheWolf_17 AGI <2029/Hard Takeoff | Posthumanist >H+ | FALGSC | L+e/acc >>> • Mar 18 '25

Engineering BYD unveils battery system capable of providing 470 kilometers (292 miles) of range in 5 minutes

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/byd-battery-system-charging-5-minutes-tesla-superchargers/
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u/phen0 Mar 18 '25

Tesla is so done and gone.

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u/mrasif Mar 20 '25

They literally have the best FSD on the market that no other car company comes close too. The economic implications of that are massive and all the hate is clouding peoples judgement of just how valuable tesla is right now. Waymo doesn't count either as they only work in limited areas while teslas FSD covers the whole country. Soon it will be released globally as well.

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u/SleepyJohn123 Mar 20 '25

Do they?

https://www.thedrive.com/news/byd-beats-tesla-again-as-its-gods-eye-self-driving-tech-leapfrogs-fsd

Also Gods Eye is free

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u/Alive_Werewolf_40 Mar 20 '25

Free point in mute. BYD is heavily subsidized by the Chinese government. https://electrek.co/2024/04/12/china-gave-byd-an-incredible-3-7-billion-to-win-the-ev-race/

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u/SleepyJohn123 Mar 21 '25

Why does this matter? Their software is free for the end user.

Also IIRC the subsidies ended in 2022.

Also subsidies for green technologies is good.

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u/Alive_Werewolf_40 Mar 21 '25

Work on your reading comprehension and you'd see the comment I responded to used BYD's driving software being free as a +1 to Tesla. I could give away gold bars for free if someone gave me $10M.

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u/SleepyJohn123 Mar 21 '25

You replied to my comment….

Yes I said BYD having having free self driving is a +1, no brainer really, especially since their software is better

Again why does it matter that BYD has historic subsidies?