Articles tagged "BYD"

Тhe leading Chinese EV maker BYD announced that it's building a fleet of small electric school buses for the Los Olivos Elementary School District in Santa Barbara County, California. While this isn't the first county to go after a...

It seems like BYD is off to a great start with its European market expansion. The Chinese EV maker struck a deal with one of Europe's biggest car rental companies - Sixt for the delivery of 100,000 EVs. All those cars are intended for Sixt's...

BYD - Build Your Dreams - held its official European brand launch event earlier today. In the half-hour video the company talked about its history, achievements and its plans to contribute to the fight against global warming, but most importantly...

BYD announced it will host the BYD Europe Product Premiere at 11am on September 28. This will be an online event during which the largest EV manufacturer from China, will introduce three of its most popular models. During the event, BYD will...

The Chinese rumor mill has convinced itself that BYD is working on launching a premium all-electric supercar. The proof so far are the images you can see below, which purportedly depict a camouflaged prototype of the upcoming model. This...

After trying the European market in Norway, BYD will proceed to bring its electric cars to a wider audience across the Old Continent. First countries to officially offer the BYD EVs are Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Deliveries...

Yesterday BYD celebrated its 1 millionth car produced this year. The vehicle in question was red BYD Song Plus DM-i, a plug-in hybrid version of BYD’s most popular model and the fastest selling SUV in China. BYD EV sales numbers are staggering -...

Despite BYD increasing its production capacity, the order backlog has grown to over 700,000 units. BYD is aiming at 280,000 cars delivered every month but the customer demand is growing and forcing people to wait for up to 5 months for their...

BYD has an extensive model lineup reminiscent of a set of Russian dolls - there are series within series with different models not always that different from each other. The new flagship SUV only adds to the confusion - let’s try clearing that...

According to a local Chinese media, BYD is looking to expand with a new premium brand for electric vehicles. The initial idea was to offer vehicles priced between CNY 800,000 and 1.5 million but the final decision is to price all vehicles above CNY...

As of now, BYD is selling just one model in Europe, the Tang SUV and it's available only in Norway. But according to inside info obtained by German media, the Chinese EV giant is about to enter other European markets with three models. The three...

According to the latest research from Canalys, the global EV market continued its rapid growth in the first half of this year. Year-over-year, the global market expanded 63% and the interesting bit about this is that Chinese sales account for 57% of...

The Chinese card maker BYD is expected to announce a new mini city car called the Seagull. We first heard about its existence back in May and now we have a pretty good look at the vehicle thanks to a series of spy shots. The Seagull is said...

The EV battery market is solidly dominated by Chinese players, with the latest report on the matter revealing that, when counted together, they're above 50% now - around 56%, in fact. For the first six months of 2022, CATL has kept its No.1...

Hot on the heels of its announced entry into Japan with three models, BYD is now revealing even further international expansion - this time in Europe. The company, which has recently become the world's best selling EV brand, is going to be present...

BYD has officially confirmed it will enter the Japanese passenger car market beginning January 2023. The first car to be sold will be Atto 3 and the sales will start in January 2023. It will be followed by the BYD Dolphin in the middle of 2023....

BYD has launched the ATTO 3 in Singapore. This is BYD's first SUV, based on its e-platform 3.0, and it's already on sale in a few countries. It's known as the Yuan Plus in China and previously went on pre-sale as the ATTO 3 in Australia and...

BYD now sells more EVs than Tesla. In fact, it now sells more EVs than any other brand. Going by the recently released sales numbers for the first half of this year, the Financial Times concludes that BYD is now the world's best selling EV brand,...

BYD might be one of Tesla's biggest competitors in the very lucrative Chinese EV market, but it's also the country's second biggest battery maker - in fact it recently surfaced that it's buying its own lithium mines in Africa to ensure supply for...

Chinese EV maker BYD has employed a creative way to solve its battery supply chain issues: buying some lithium mines. According to a report from China today, BYD has agreed to purchase six lithium mines in Africa, to ensure its needs are met for...