BYD's Tiny EV Kei Car Lands at Rs 11.45m — Triple a Petrol Alto. Worth It?

BYD's RACCO, a tiny kei-style EV, just launched in Sri Lanka at an introductory price of Rs 11.45 million — and Sri Lanka is reportedly the first market outside Japan to get it. That price is said to be about 2.5 times what the same car costs in Japan, yet the local distributor (JKCG) is targeting 3,000 sales in the next year, in a segment where petrol kei cars like the Alto and Wagon R still sell for a fraction of that price. Supporters say it's a genuine small EV with zero fuel cost, a way to go electric without stepping up to a full-size SUV, and that the introductory price (said to run only till Nov 9) won't last long. Critics say Rs 11.45 million buys a full-size hybrid or a well-kept used car with far more space, and a kei-class EV at SUV money makes no sense in a market built on cheap small cars. Would you pay triple the price of a petrol Alto for an electric kei car, or is this just a test of what Sri Lankans will pay for anything badged EV? මෙච්චර ගානක් දීලා කුඩා EV එකක් ගන්න කැප කරන්න ඕන ද? ඔබේ අදහස මොකක්ද?