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BYD to break into Europe’s largest auto market with EVs priced around $30,000

Electrek

BYD predicts rapid EV growth in Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, within the next six months. With EVs starting at around $30,000 (25,000 euros), BYD expects to win over German buyers quickly.

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BYD and auto tech giant Forvia team up to take on Europe

Electrek

After expanding its partnership with auto tech giant Forvia, BYD expects to rapidly gain market share in the region. China’s largest EV maker has ambitious plans to become a true player in Europe.

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BYD takes over as China’s largest auto group with low-cost EVs dominating the market

Electrek

Although BYD was already the best-selling brand in China, it reached an even more significant milestone last month. After overtaking SAIC, BYD is now China’s largest auto group.

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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

Teslarati

Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. While BYD said just last month that it has no plans to enter the U.S. BYD last year sold 1.57

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BYD NEV sales up 262.9% YOY in October

Green Car Congress

BYD sold 88,898 passenger vehicles in October, increasing 90.9% By the end of October, the cumulative annual sales of BYD passenger vehicles topped 200,000 units. positioning BYD as a dominant player in China’s plug-in hybrid vehicles market. BYD Han, the flagship NEV sedan of the Dynasty series, sold 11,087 units in October.

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A YangWang U9 Recently Went 243 MPH — What It Says About BYD

CleanTechnica EVs

While many of us were focused on the election, BYD announced that the YangWang U9 went 391.94 Auto-translate under subtitles helps. continued] The post A YangWang U9 Recently Went 243 MPH — What It Says About BYD appeared first on CleanTechnica. km/h (243 mph). This was not a one-off. It was a street-legal car using street.

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BYD is stealing Toyota’s limelight in this key auto market with low-priced EVs

Electrek

China’s largest EV maker, BYD , is quickly making a name for itself in overseas markets. Despite recently entering the Thai auto market, BYD has already surpassed several Japanese rivals in sales as it sneaks up on Toyota’s spotlight.

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