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BYD Co Ltd

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Electric vehicles
    China’s electric-vehicle leader BYD posts record sales in 2024

    Bigger companies beat targets as intense competition rocks world’s biggest car market

    Visitors inspect a BYD Sealion 7 electric vehicle at the Paris Motor Show
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    BYD fires subcontractor building Brazil EV factory after forced labour claims

    Brazilian officials say conditions were ‘extremely degrading’ at construction site for Chinese carmaker

  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Volkswagen AG
    Porsche holding company warns of writedown in Volkswagen stake of up to €20bn

    Management and unions at carmaker will hold a fifth round of talks on Monday over planned factory closures and job cuts

    Rally of the union IG Metall in front of the Volkswagen headquarters
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    China’s EV price war set to intensify next year as BYD squeezes suppliers

    Chinese carmaker asks auto parts providers to cut their prices by 10%

    Rows of electric cars are lined up on the dock at Yantai port, ready for export
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    News in-depthHungary
    Orbán turns to China to boost recession-hit economy

    Hungary has captured more than a quarter of Chinese capital flowing into Europe since 2022

    BYD car, hungary and china flags
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    BYD quarterly sales beat Tesla for first time

    Warren Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker’s revenues surge 24 per cent but fierce competition slims margins

    A BYD car at an auto show
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    China’s BYD raises car export hopes in Pakistan after being spurned by India

    Planned assembly plant in the country would mark carmaker’s first venture into south Asia as it expands globally

    Several grey BYD electric vehicles are lined up inside an illuminated, tunnel-like structure within BYD's factory in Rayong, Thailand.
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    LexAutomobiles
    For European carmakers, EVs are a Catch-22 Premium content

    The uncertain move towards electrification coupled with a slump in sales overall pose investment problems

    Volvo electric car being charged
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    News in-depthTesla Inc
    Elon Musk’s China dream stalls as hybrids rush past Tesla

    Consumers shift to plug-in models from local rivals such as BYD

    A BYD electric vehicle
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Business InsightJune Yoon
    Tesla vs BYD: why US maker might have to expand its EV range

    Elon Musk-controlled group faces growing urgency to move into lower-priced brackets

    People look at a Tesla Model Y in a showroom in Beijing
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    BYD agrees $1bn deal to build electric vehicle plant in Turkey

    Second-largest EV maker expands EU production as bloc clamps down on access for China imports

    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with BYD directors
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Lex
    As Tesla slows, the bigger threat to BYD is homegrown Premium content

    China’s battery EV makers Zeekr and Nio are catching up much faster than expected

    The BYD logo is displayed at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in April
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    LexAutomobiles
    Tariffs will do little to slow BYD’s advance in Europe Premium content

    It now makes greater financial sense for Chinese EV makers to accelerate plans to place production in the EU

    BYD logo at the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2024
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Shares of Buffett-backed BYD jump after EU unveils lower than expected tariff

    Stock of Tesla’s China rival rises as much as 9% following Brussels’ announcement of electric vehicle import duties

    Exterior of a BYD showroom in Shanghai
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Tech Tonic podcast25 min listen
    China's race to tech supremacy: Driving into Europe

    BYD is making inroads into Europe. The EU is not pleased

  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    BYD targets overtaking Tesla as top EV seller in Europe by 2030

    Chinese carmaker plans multibillion-euro investment into factories, marketing and dealers

    A BYD Seal electric sedan on display at Munich Motor Show in Germany
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    China’s BYD and Neta target Indonesia market with EV investments

    Automakers plan local operations to break into market dominated by Japanese players

    Electric vehicles from BYD and Neta at the Periklindo Electric Vehicle Show in Jakarta last month
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    EU would need 50% tariffs to curb imports of Chinese electric cars

    Report says punitive action being mooted in Brussels would not be enough to deter carmakers

    Visitors look at an BYD Seal U electric car at the IAA Mobility 2023 international motor show
  • Saturday, 27 April, 2024
    Automobiles
    Mexico trade deal threat poses risk to prices of US pick-ups, warns Chrysler boss

    Breaking USMCA would be ‘lose-lose’ scenario after Trump talks of blocking Chinese vehicles crossing border

    A 2024 RAM 1500 REV electric pickup during the New York International Auto Show
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    The Big Read
    The ambitions of China’s BYD stretch well beyond electric vehicles

    The company’s global plans range from solar modules and electric buses, trucks and trains to complex transport systems. But is it trying to do too much?

    Wang Chuanfu, centre. surrounded by BYD solar panels, bus, truck and car
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    IEA bullish on electric vehicle sales in 2024

    Energy watchdog’s forecast runs counter to sentiment among many carmakers struggling to sell battery-run vehicles

    A row of Teslas being charged in Santa Ana, California
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The electric vehicle revolution is running out of steam

    Governments need to work with carmakers to reduce the obstacles to adoption

    A worker fits the doors for an electric Volkswagen car at a plant in Germany
  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2024
    BYD loses EV throne to Tesla as sales slip

    More competition and flagging demand in the Chinese market hit leading battery and plug-in hybrid vehicle makers

    BYD Seagull car at a motor show
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    BYD misses profit forecasts as Huawei challenge emerges

    Warren Buffett-backed company loses some market share to sanctions-hit Chinese telecoms group

    A BYD Dolphin electric car was on display at the Bangkok International Motor Show
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    LexElectric vehicles
    Automakers beware: BYD can still afford to cut prices Premium content

    EV giant has scope to sacrifice short-term profits to try to win a fierce battle for market share

    A BYD car at The British Motor Show in Farnborough, England, last year
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