Etiqueta: BYD

Europe’s auto industry will be grappling with a moribund economy and an existential threat from China as a motor show in Munich gets underway.

German carmakers are already losing their grip on the Chinese market to local players led by BYD Co. Now, they’re mounting a fightback to prevent a similar result on their home turf.

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. As reported earlier today, BYD’s full electric car sales were up 34% in August (year over year) while its plugin hybrid electric car sales were down 23%. You can take that as a positive or a negative, depending on your ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BYD has released its August 2025 sales data, and it’s not as dramatically positive as it has been over the course of the rest of the year. Though, it is quite interesting. (Note that the charts below are much better ... [continued]

Qualcomm and BMW unveil Snapdragon Ride Pilot, a hands-free driver-assistance system targeting Tesla and BYD competition.

BYD has brought the Seal 06 DM-i hybrid sedan to Europe, including its wagon variant, renamed as the Seal 6 DM-i and Seal 6 DM-i Touring respectively.

China’s largest vehicle manufacturer, BYD Auto, has cut its full-year 2025 global sales target by 16% to 4.6 million units.

BYD does not have to pay steep per-automaker levies for China-made EVs when importing hybrids. By Stewart Burnett

LONDON/FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) -Chinese and European carmakers are set to face off at next week's Munich car show, reflecting intensifying competition on the continent that has pitted incumbents such as Volkswagen against EV giant BYD and newcomers GAC and Changan. This year's IAA Mobility, the continent's biggest biennial car show, comes as European automakers lose ground in China - the world's biggest market - in what some executives have described as a "Darwinian" price war. At the same time, to escape pressure at home Chinese automakers are expanding into Europe in search of profits, above all electric vehicle maker BYD, whose global sales soared to 4.2 million cars in 2024, up ten-fold from 2019.

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