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BYD Co. shares extended losses in Hong Kong trading Tuesday — taking their two-day slide to more than 10% — as last week’s sweeping price cuts stoked concern of another wave of discounting in China’s cutthroat electric car market.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's commerce ministry will meet industry bodies and automakers including BYD and Dongfeng Motor to discuss an emerging trend of sales of "used cars" that were never driven, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The meeting is set for Tuesday afternoon, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It follows last week's comments by Great Wall Motor's

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shares in Chinese automakers such as BYD, Nio and Geely tumbled on Monday after industry leader BYD offered fresh incentives on over 20 models and the CEO of Great Wall Motors warned that the world's largest auto industry was in an unhealthy state. The Hong Kong-listed shares of BYD Co Ltd closed 8.6% lower, while Geely Auto fell 9.5%. Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD over the weekend announced a fresh round of subsidies and incentives for more than 20 models, which reduced the starting price of its cheapest model, the pure battery-powered Seagull hatchback, to 55,800 yuan ($7,765).

Shares in Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers slumped on Monday despite surging interest from UK buyers, as industry titan BY introduced a round of new price cuts in an already bruising market battle. Hong-Kong listed BYD dropped as much as 8.25 per cent from a record high set last week, after an announcement over the [...]

Carmaker BYD last week offered discounts for many of its models, triggering industry concerns about another price war.

Industry leader BYD announces fresh round of price cuts for its models

It follows a plunge of more than 9% on Monday, which was a reversal from its record high last week.

(Bloomberg) -- BYD Co. led Chinese electric vehicle stocks lower in Hong Kong on Monday, as investors digested the auto giant’s sweeping price cuts of as much as 35% late last week.Most Read from BloombergNY Private School Pleads for Donors to Stay Open After Declaring BankruptcyUAE’s AI University Aims to Become Stanford of the GulfNYC’s War on Trash Gets a Glam SquadPacific Coast Highway to Reopen Near Malibu After January FiresShares of China’s No. 1 selling car brand tumbled as much as 8.3%,

Build Your Dreams (BYD) establishing a base in Hungary proves that BYD has landed on European soil and is proving to be a threat for EV rival Tesla.