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  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Business InsightJune Yoon
    Trump has given BYD the edge over Tesla

    Chinese carmaker’s absence from the US, once seen as a weakness, has turned into an asset

    A BYD car, with its scissor doors open, is on display at a motor show in Germany
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    #techAsia
    Tesla and BYD diverge, GlobalFoundries looks to merge Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A 300mm silicon wafer from GlobalFoundries
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    BYD car sales soar as Tesla struggles in Europe

    Chinese manufacturer sold just under 1mn passenger vehicles in first quarter

    Visitors view a BYD Leopard 8 at the an auto show in China
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    US car tariffs help Chinese EVs to race ahead

    BYD’s technological advances show where the centre of innovation now lies

    BYD logo
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    BYD’s annual sales top $100bn for first time

    Chinese electric vehicle company has benefited from rising demand for plug-in hybrids in its domestic market

    BYD’s Seal 5 at the 2025 Bangkok International Motor Show
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    Person in the News
    Wang Chuanfu, the BYD founder with a battery obsession

    Chinese EV maker’s five-minute charge puts the disrupter one step closer to conquering global markets

    Illustration of Wang Chuanfu
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    EU trade
    EU probes BYD plant in Hungary over unfair Chinese subsidies

    Investigation comes as Viktor Orbán has attracted large Chinese investments to his country

    The BYD Co logo on the steering wheel of an electric vehicle
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    ExplainerBatteries
    BYD’s 5-minute charge: is time running out for electric-vehicle rivals?

    Chinese carmaker’s second shock announcement of the year could put others out of business, say analysts

    A BYD Han luxury sedan on day two of the Paris Motor Show
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    China delays approval of BYD’s Mexico plant amid fears tech could leak to US

    Beijing is concerned proximity to America could lead to sharing of smart car technology developed by Tesla’s main rival

    An enormous, partially completed, factory under construction
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    BYD shares hit record high on 5-minute EV charging claims

    Chinese electric vehicle maker says new models can compete with refuelling times for petrol cars

    BYD batteries standing on end
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    LexHong Kong
    BYD’s share sale spotlights Hong Kong’s revival Premium content

    The city is still the place to go for Chinese companies seeking capital and access to international investors

  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Chinese EV maker BYD raises $5.6bn in share sale to drive overseas expansion

    Tesla rival says follow-on Hong Kong offering is the biggest in the global automotive sector in a decade

    Close-up logo of BYD on one of its electric vehicles
  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    BYD pledges to work with rival Tesla to combat petrol cars

    China ‘more open’ to foreign business than the west, says executive vice-president Stella Li

    Stella Li speaks at an energy tech summit in Berlin, Germany
  • Sunday, 2 March, 2025
    News in-depthBrazil
    The town that welcomed a Chinese car plant — only for a ‘slavery’ scandal to hit

    Allegations of labour abuse on Brazil building site cast a shadow over BYD’s plan for its first car factory outside Asia

    A BYD construction site in Camacari
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    Business InsightJune Yoon
    BYD’s strategy shift is bad news for global automakers

    The Chinese company is undercutting rivals by making advanced driver assistance systems a standard feature at no extra cost

    BYD’s first electric vehicle factory in south-east Asia
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    #techAsia
    Apple eyes Indonesia and BYD goes big on self-driving Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    Indonesian women perusing iPhones at an Apple store
  • Monday, 10 February, 2025
    Chinese EV leader BYD to offer ‘God’s Eye’ self-driving system on all models

    Tesla rival will equip hatchback on sale for less than $10,000 with features usually found only on upscale vehicles

    A BYD vehicle at a car show in Germany
  • 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
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