Chinese company BYD has moved a step closer to toppling Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest-selling manufacturer of electric vehicles.
The firm said on Monday it had sold a record 526,000 battery-only vehicles in the last three months of 2023.
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For the year as a whole, Shenzen-based BYD said it had sold more than 3 million so-called-new energy vehicles (NEVs), which includes battery-only vehicles and hybrids.
Almost 1.6 million of its total sales were battery-only vehicles, the firm said.
Industry analysts have forecast that Tesla sold around 483,000 electric vehicles in the last three months of 2023 and 1.82 million for the year as a whole.
You still can’t buy byd cars outside China can you? Or do they export to some places?
They’ve been available in several European countries since the end of 2022 or so.
You can buy BYD cars outside of China. For example:
The company says it plans to launch three new models in Europe within the coming year in addition to the five models it is already selling that include sedans, hatchbacks and SUVs. BYD has 230 outlets in 19 European countries, it says.
https://apnews.com/article/china-byd-hungary-autos-evs-72587976c85d3f9b56d990a6296c73b4
No BYD cars in the US (yet), except trucks and buses:
BYD has been making electric buses in the United States for years and supplies cities such as Los Angeles and Long Beach from a factory in Lancaster, California, built a decade ago.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-byd-takes-cautious-approach-us-global-ev-push-2023-01-18/
Hoping for an estate model
They were advertising in the Mexico City Airport yesterday when I was there.
They have display models in malls in Mexico. The cars honestly feel really well put together for their price.
Quite a few here in Australia.
They’re everywhere in New Zealand.
They’re advertising on TV in the UK, so guessing they’re at least at preorder stage.
They manufacture and sell the buses in Canada… There are BYD buses in operation in at least Toronto, Victoria, Longeuil, St. Albert and Grand Prairie (and probably more by now). https://en.byd.com/news/byd-opens-first-canadian-bus-assembly-plant/ If you’re in Montreal, there’s a decent chance you’ll see BYD E6 taxis.
There’s been rumors of the cars being prepped for general sale in Canada… but I can’t find any proof of that right now.
They’re pretty good buses too lol
I can buy one here in Malaysia.
Available in Mexico
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Chinese company BYD has moved a step closer to toppling Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest-selling manufacturer of electric vehicles.
US-based Tesla is scheduled to release its latest quarterly vehicle production and delivery figures before Wall Street opens on Tuesday.
Industry analysts have forecast that Tesla sold around 483,000 electric vehicles in the last three months of 2023 and 1.82 million for the year as a whole.
Last January, Mr Musk said that Tesla had the potential to achieve 2 million deliveries in 2023 but had since warned that higher borrowing costs were putting pressure on demand for his company’s cars.
The company made a name for itself as a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries - used in smartphones, laptops and other electronics - that competed with pricier Japanese imports.
It started selling its shares on the stock market in 2002 and diversified by purchasing a struggling state-owned car manufacturer, Qinchuan Automobile Company.
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Going from bad to worse in terms of privacy.
I didn’t realize China had already copied Tesla’s product. Absolute lol at M*** for heavily manufacturing there (not just parts, but everything). Copy, paste, rename… BYD.
Funny because BYD started in 2003 and put out its first car in 2008 same as Tesla.
I don’t mean to give all credit to Tesla, for the success of BYD. But let’s not pretend that many Chinese companies haven’t earned the reputation for (or even specialized in) “quickly learning” and “producing similar work” from competitors. Tesla still entered the country enthusiastically (sold hard-fought knowledge for short term gain), and are already losing their grip. Best of luck to anyone creating affordable EVs.
