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Seen_Unseen t1_j67c16j wrote

These are literally BYD bus kits assembled in Kenya. The funding for the plant is Chinese, the owners are seemingly Chinese. This smells a lot like a B&R initiative.

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SalvadorZombie t1_j67jjrl wrote

Bro what the fuck are you talking about. China doing something doesn't make it bad.

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Seen_Unseen t1_j68ydye wrote

My point of argument is that the article makes it appear as if it's some new company that starts building busses. This is just a assembly line for putting BYD buses together.

I'm a bit confused with what's really going on as the founder seems to be Indian, but this isn't some company that designed it's own platform, started buying various parts and possibly even design some, and put a bus together. This is just a bus-kit being put together. They could just have bought and imported them straight to Kenya, lots of countries are doing that.

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sammnz t1_j67t6x5 wrote

Ahem Puts on tinfoil hat well you see..

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zusykses t1_j67l0yx wrote

Parts are definitely BYD Auto, but BasiGo funding appears to be a mix of Silicon Valley, Japan, and some African VCs. Where are you getting it's from China?

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DHFranklin t1_j68o4lk wrote

A lot of the regulatory capture and verticals are BYD or Chinese. Even the Nairobi-Mombassa Railway is majority chinese rolling stock.

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nyani_business t1_j6clkjq wrote

What does this got to do with anything? Kenya's public transport is private owned.

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belovedmustache t1_j67pazx wrote

Was thinking the same based on the pictures from their website, then realised this is a company already working with existing buses and now going to make their own. And yeah, I can imagine that they don't make everything themselves, no car manufacturer in the world does that.

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unimaginative2 t1_j69fvsk wrote

I watched a documentary on bus assembly in the UK. We use Chinese chassis here too. The bus is completely drivable when it arrives. All we do is add the big red frame and the seats.

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