Automundo China

Beijing signals it could ease rare earth export curbs after urgent industry pushback--Tesla and EU fabs stand to gain.

China’s electric vehicle market is in danger of destabilization due to the ongoing price wars by leaders of the industry like BYD. Last year, Goldman Sachs warned that the ongoing price war in China’s electric vehicle market would only get worse. This year, following a price reduction from one of the industry’s leading players, the […]

Brazil was set to host the first non-Asian factory for the EV giant. It's now suing the company instead

One day after BYD (BYDDY) overtook Tesla’s (TSLA) market share in Europe, the Chinese EV maker and two of its contractors were sued by the Brazilian government for subjecting 220 Chinese workers in the South American country to “slavery-like conditions.”

Growing global and domestic sales have allowed BYD to continue selling EVs at steep discounts, heightening the threat of an industry shakeout

Chinese robotics firm UBTech plans to release a US$20,000 household humanoid robot later this year, positioning itself as a direct competitor to Tesla’s Optimus.

BYD's aggressive price cuts are rattling China's EV giants. Margin squeeze and fierce competition threaten the sector's future.

Mahican Gielen, who swapped her Tesla for a BYD Sealion 7 partly because of Elon Musk, loves the Chinese EV but misses a few Tesla features.