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Overall, BYD's sales are driven by product. New product is taking over while older product falls back. While Black PR has likely had some temporary effect, strong product tends to overcome it in the long term. Last year, BYD had stronger PHEV product introductions and sales. This year, BEV has had stronger product introductions and sales. It is hard to be sure what next year will bring. More effort might go to product for outside markets, with growth shifting accordingly. But with over 120,000 R&D engineers and more EV intellectual property than anyone, I would bet that the long-term "peak" is a far down the road.

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BYD has been growing, growing, growing. If you haven’t been tracking its rapid rise in sales, revenue, and profits, I recommend scrolling through our BYD Sales archives and looking at all of the colorful, exciting charts. As another testament to ... [continued]

Tesla Offers Robotaxi Jobs, BYD Sets India Sales Record, Xiaomi Experiences High Demand, Ford Unveils Universal EV Platform, Uber Rolls Out EV Incentive Program, and More: Weekly Mobility Recap

The EV industry saw major moves this week as Xiaomi's new model drew surging demand, Ford unveiled a universal EV platform, BYD set records in India, Uber launched big driver incentives, and Tesla pushed ahead with robotaxi tests.

The parts reductions achieved by Ford's new Universal EV Production System do not go far enough. Here's what Ford's next step should be.

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla has long been acclaimed for its vertical integration. However, BYD has gone much further in vertical integration and that seems to largely go under the radar. Now, in its latest vertical integration, BYD has developed its own custom tablet ... [continued]

The Fang Cheng Bao Ti7 large five-seat plug-in hybrid SUV from BYD rolled off the production line in China. Sales to start in Q4 2025.

A BYD electric car was recently struck by lightning, three times. There was also a human driving the car at the time. The good news is that the driver and the car were fine, with only minimal damage. First of all, let’s start with a common claim about lightning and ... [continued]

As we’ve reported recently, BYD’s ocean vessel fleet for shipping its EVs around the world just keeps growing. BYD recently launched its 7th vessel, and also just delivered its first batch of vehicles to the Philippines (1,500). BYD has clearly taken the lead on this, like many things, but now ... [continued]

BYD wants to attract younger drivers with its latest electric SUV. The new BYD Atto 2 launched in Hong Kong...