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China's BYD launches hybrid pickup in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Reuters) - Chinese automaker BYD unveiled the Shark, a mid-size hybrid-electric pickup truck, in Mexico on Tuesday... The Shark
strengthens BYD's foothold in the North American market with a vehicle aimed directly at incumbents Ford, General Motors, and Toyota.
It is for now only available in Mexico, executives said, and is the first time the world's largest electric-vehicle (EV) maker has launched a new
product outside its home country. BYD chose Mexico because of the rapid growth in demand for pickup trucks in the country, Chief of Americas Stella Li
said.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/chinas...
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Looks pretty good. I didn't see any specs in the article. Any idea on range and cost?
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Here you go JZ
BYD's Shark will go head-to-head in Mexico with compact and medium-sized trucks such as the Toyota Tacoma and Ford Ranger. It is, however, costlier
than most makes of both of the competing vehicles with a starting price of 899,980 pesos ($53,442.68) for the Shark GL and 969,800 pesos ($57,588.73)
for the premium Shark GS.
The Shark can travel up to 100 km (62 miles) in EV mode before needing to be recharged, BYD said, and up to 840 km using both electric and combustion
methods.
The pickup consumes 7.5 liters of fuel per 100 km (31.4 mpg) traveled, the brochure detailed.
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Here is a link to another review;
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-trucks/2024-byd-shark-...
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  | BYD's Shark will go head-to-head in Mexico with compact and medium-sized trucks such as the Toyota Tacoma and Ford Ranger. It is, however, costlier
than most makes of both of the competing vehicles with a starting price of 899,980 pesos ($53,442.68) for the Shark GL and 969,800 pesos ($57,588.73)
for the premium Shark GS.
The Shark can travel up to 100 km (62 miles) in EV mode before needing to be recharged, BYD said, and up to 840 km using both electric and combustion
methods.
The pickup consumes 7.5 liters of fuel per 100 km (31.4 mpg) traveled, the brochure detailed. |
Thanks AKGringo. Does look like a useable vehicle for Baja. BYD is being kept out of the US and Canada by very high tariffs, so Mexico may be its lone
NA market.
Specs here are pretty impressive:
https://insideevs.com/news/719677/byd-shark-phev-will-it-com...
[Edited on 5-15-2024 by JDCanuck]
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The other review contained the information I wanted. It is all wheel drive powered by two electric motors, and has some sort of traction control for
different driving conditions.
Besides that, I like the way it looks!
[Edited on 5-15-2024 by AKgringo]
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | BYD's Shark will go head-to-head in Mexico with compact and medium-sized trucks such as the Toyota Tacoma and Ford Ranger. It is, however, costlier
than most makes of both of the competing vehicles with a starting price of 899,980 pesos ($53,442.68) for the Shark GL and 969,800 pesos ($57,588.73)
for the premium Shark GS.
The Shark can travel up to 100 km (62 miles) in EV mode before needing to be recharged, BYD said, and up to 840 km using both electric and combustion
methods.
The pickup consumes 7.5 liters of fuel per 100 km (31.4 mpg) traveled, the brochure detailed. |
Not as cheap as I was expecting/hoping. That will limit sales.
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The pictures I came across show a V2L capability, but pretty sure it won't have any V2H capability like other larger battery BYD models.
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Plug-in Hybrids are getting big up here in Canada, while the full electrics are getting less popular. Our Leaf has very limited range and is really
only practical as long as we stay on the Vancouver Island or short trips to the mainland as range is only 364km. Combined with our excess solar in
Baja, this BYD would have been extremely desirable.
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They make an suv?
I guess i dont understand what little pickups do. Their beds are small and dont hold much. Why not get an suv and a utility trailer for the occasional
hauling?
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BYD sells several models in Mexico.
https://www.byd.com/mx
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | They make an suv?
I guess i dont understand what little pickups do. Their beds are small and dont hold much. Why not get an suv and a utility trailer for the occasional
hauling? |
Short bed really isn’t a pickup. 
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Looks like a waste of time and resources. CFE is expensive already. Cant imagine this getting much traction. Will have to "circle back" to this later
I suppose. A very complicated drive system for a shade tree mechanic environment.
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CFE isn't expensive unless you're a heavy consumer of electricity and go into the DAC rate. If you aren't, it's ridiculously cheap. I've never had a
CFE bill over about the equivalent of $10/month.
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| Quote: Originally posted by surabi | | CFE isn't expensive unless you're a heavy consumer of electricity and go into the DAC rate. If you aren't, it's ridiculously cheap. I've never had a
CFE bill over about the equivalent of $10/month. |
Try living with a refrigerator, stove, washer, dryer, water heater, couple of A/C units, tools in the garage, TV's, etc...
$10/ month aint realistic if you arent "house camping" but... to each their own.
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I can assure you I'm not "house camping" and $10/ month is quite realistic, because that is what my bills are. My water heater and stove run on
propane, as do the majority of those appliances in Mexico. Of course I have a refrigerator and a washing machine and small kitchen appliances and a
water pump.
I don't need a dryer because I prefer clothes dried on a line in the fresh air and sunshine. I don't need nor want AC- I have fans in every room.
I don't watch TV but have a TV monitor and DVD player. I have power tools and industrial sewing machines.
Because CFE only subsidizes lower consumers' usage, those who can't live without AC, pressure pumps, may have an electric or hybrid vehicle, and other
high electricity draws, will have high CFE bills and the people I know who have those things have solar power.
Also, many houses in Mexico are poorly wired, which can lead to higher than necessary electric bills.
[Edited on 5-16-2024 by surabi]
[Edited on 5-16-2024 by surabi]
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If you are paying less than 2.00 pesos per kwh at your marginal use for CFE power you are under the average rates up here in Canada. And those rates
keep increasing as the government increases the climate taxes they apply to penalize heavy residential users.
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What happened?
Did the BYD Shark get converted to a household appliance?
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BYD now has both external power supplies to run tools and appliances on new models(V2L) and on some other manufacturers' models like the Nissan Leaf
bidirectional power chargers to supply a home in power outages similar to what the F150 Lightning developed. That second use (V2H) can be used as a
battery backup to replace additional solar system batteries when combined with an off grid solar system as long as the vehicle is plugged in. This
secondary use of EV's is an additional cost saver that was not available on previous models, assuming you have a solar system installed or want to use
it as a short term power cost saver.
Explanations here:
https://insideevs.com/features/709000/bidirectional-charging...
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The additional advantages of EV's as portable power supplies or backup power for homes will be boosted significantly when the new solid state
batteries are implemented. We paid 10,000 for an additional 12kwh of solar batteries to run an atmospheric water generator overnite when humidity was
highest. EV's even with only V2L capability could provide that additional power if they used excess solar availablity during the day and then
discharged to a water generator overnite. Typical EV's now have 36 kwh to 80 kwh batteries commonly. The F150 lightning had up to 130kwh battery
storage
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