Articles tagged "BYD"

Location, location, location - every automaker in the world knows how important factory location is and how seemingly minute details can mean the difference between success and a complete disaster. According to French reports, BYD is scouting Europe...

The Chinese automotive market is slowing down, and the biggest slowdown affects the NEV segment (New Energy Vehicles). Many analysts attribute this situation to the withdrawal of subsidies for the purchase of electric cars, and then there is the...

The global plug-in market kept booming in March - a total of 1 million battery electric and plug-in hybrids sold - 28% jump over the same month of last year. Breaking down the numbers, around 823,000 EVs shipped - that's around 12% of all cars -...

There are big changes afoot at the BYD Research and Development department. Its head, Wang Huan, has left the company now, and his former team has been spun off. The majority of its 500 members became part of the electronics integration department...

The Chinese Government body MIIT issued final approval for production and sales of the YangWang U8 and with that extensive list of specifications was released. Some came as a surprise, some weren’t a secret at all. The MIIT is a final step before...

BYD Seal launched in July last year and it was off to a good start until Tesla decided to start playing with prices at the start of this year. The fallout from the unfolding price tussles between the EV manufacturers is forcing many companies to not...

Large glass roof, huge center screen, 6 seats, and plenty of comfort - that sums up the upcoming Denza N8 SUV. Denza is a premium brand from BYD - it was originally a joint venture between Mercedes and BYD, but at this point the German automaker's...

BYD may have had a slow start to the year with its January sales struggling to pick up. Whether that was because of Tesla’s price cuts or customers still recovering from the end-of-year expenses, once February was in full swing the sales picked up...

BYD has posted its first quarter results, reporting $596.56 million in profit for the first three months of this year. That up 410.9% compared to the same period last year suggesting staggering growth. Revenue stood at $17.4 billion and was 79.8% ...

After unveiling its most expensive electric vehicle ever - the YangWang U8 - BYD went back to its usual business and it finally took the covers of the Seagull. This 5-door electric hatchback is exactly what we came to expect from BYD -...

Back in November of last year, BYD announced its intention to launch two new brands - best referred to as sub-brands, we gather - in 2023. The first of them has already made its debut - we're talking about Yangwang, which arrived in January with the...

BYD has recently been crowned as the biggest electric car manufacturer in the world thanks to its sprawling portfolio of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. We could argue that BYD has an easy job being a manufacturing conglomerate and selling...

Ladies and gentlemen, the millionth Tesla Model Y competitor has arrived! This one is from BYD, and it's been unveiled, in concept form, at the Shanghai Auto Show mere hours ago, after having been teased last week. Meet the BYD Song L. This is...

The Shanghai Auto Show is approaching fast and every marketing machine out there is pushing new info out at full speed. Pretty much every automaker - not only Chinese - will have something to show in Shanghai and the list of new models is growing...

Last year BYD unveiled the Seal and revealed that it would go on sale in Europe, alongside the Dolphin. Now the company has finally given us a more concrete timeline for the launches. The Dolphin will be first, arriving in Europe in June, while...

According to a report from EV-Volumes, purely electric cars accounted for 10% of all car sales in February 2023. Total plug-in registrations for the month were 812,000 - 14% of all cars - and around 9.7% were BEVs. The most sold plug-in car was...

Denza N8 is an upcoming SUV from BYD's new brand focused on premium EVs. Denza N8 images and specifications have been revealed by the Chinese MIIT, which approves all new vehicles for sale in the country. Car manufacturers don’t like that idea as it...

BYD recently launched its premium sub-brand YangWang and even showcased its U8 SUV. Alongside it we saw a glimpse of the U9 supercar in January, but we are yet to see it in person. Well, BYD now announced that the U9 EV will make it to the...

BYD e2 is back for a second round. The car was first introduced in China in 2019 and was designed from the ground up as a perfect taxi vehicle. What the company did not expect was how popular it would become. In two years the car sold over 72,000...

Big things come in small packages apparently, and BYD Seagull may just be the harbinger of the future. This 3.7-meter-long electric hatchback from BYD is the first car to feature a sodium-ion battery and is officially priced at $11,600 at current...