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Oh, I agree entirely that BYD is totally capable of producing vehicles that would pass US standards, I do apologize if I came off as suggesting otherwise.
It's more that part of the reason that BYD is successful is that their cars are much more "basic" than US counterparts, where what used to be "luxuries" in the 1980s and 90s are now included in every new US vehicle. You can't find a US vehicle with no power locks, no power windows, no computer dashboard, just buttons and knobs and an FM radio.
BYD is quite capable, but doing all those things to pass US safety standards would drastically increase the cost of their vehicles, and thus they would probably be making that line for the US only. It costs quite a bit to spin up manufacturing for just one country that's different than the rest. Makes way more sense to stay streamlined and keep business in markets that accept them as-is.
The bigger point was that the US is unlikely to change its safety standards to accept them simply because the US government is totally broken and unable to even pass a budget without it being a total shitshow.
The failure here is on the part of the US government, not BYD.
It sounds like you're talking about BYD from about 10 years ago. Modern BYD cars rival western, Japanese and Korean brands sold in the USA today:
Here's the BYD Seal which is the chief competitor to the Tesla Model 3 as an example:
Oh that looks pretty nice.