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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

The Chinese market leader BYD is offering considerable discounts on models from the Dynasty and Ocean series in its home market as part of a promotion until

BYD, the world’s biggest EV maker, announced that it would slash prices by up to 34% amid a global price war.

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 [...]

BYD offers discounts of 10 to 30 per cent on 22 of its battery-powered and plug-in hybrid models.

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

Citi estimates that BYD's price reduction may have seen a 30% to 40% spike in footfall at its dealership store on May 24 and 25, from the previous weekend.

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