moved in the opposite direction, with April international sales reportedly up by as much as 71%.
** BYD is pushing ahead with new models and advanced battery technology to deepen its global expansion.*
global automaker within the next five years.
With over 4.6 million new energy vehicles (NEVs) sold last year, which includes EVs and PHEVs, BYD surpassed Ford for the first time, ranking as the sixth largest global automaker.
According to BYD’s CEO, Wang Chuanfu, the Chinese EV giant is just getting started with new battery and charging tech set to drive growth over the next few years.
BYD is building a charging network that makes Tesla’s Supercharger look slow — and it’s deploying it at a pace that could see it surpass Tesla’s global network within two to three years.
BYD’s Flash Charging system delivers up to 1,500 kW to compatible vehicles, compared to Tesla’s V4 Supercharger maximum of 500 kW. On a BYD vehicle equipped with the new Blade Battery 2.0 and its 1000V architecture, that translates to a 10% to 70% charge in five minutes, and 10% to 97% in nine minutes.