https://finance.yahoo.com/news/byd-may-sell-batteries-tesla-…
“We are good friends with Elon Musk and we are preparing to supply batteries to Tesla,” BYD’s executive vice president Lian Yu-bo said in the short video clip with state television broadcaster CGTN, released Wednesday. Musk is Tesla’s chief executive officer.
Cell orders from Tesla would be a coup for BYD, one of China’s biggest automakers. The company’s May sales were stronger than expected, particularly against the backdrop of China’s Covid-related disruptions, with analysts putting the result down to BYD’s “higher level of vertical integration and better supply chain management.”