Chinese EV maker BYD promises to make all of its models self-driving capable

Chinese EV maker BYD is pretty much the king of EVs in the country, even challenging Tesla in the country. Yesterday, in a company livestream, founder Wang Chuanfu claimed that the company will make a [...]

BYD's next all-electric hypercar is a convertible that's coming to Europe first

BYD may be known for its affordable all-electric cars, but that doesn't mean it won't dabble in the occasional hypercar under one of its subsidiary brands. Through its Denza subbrand, BYD un [...]

BYD unveils new tech for twice as fast EV charging

BYD has introduced new technology for charging electric vehicles at vastly quicker speeds. Founder Wang Chuanfu said this "super e-platform" tech offers a peak charging speed of 1,000 kilowa [...]

Kai-Fu Lee's brutal assessment: America is already losing the AI hardware war to China

China is on track to dominate consumer artificial intelligence applications and robotics manufacturing within years, but the United States will maintain its substantial lead in enterprise AI adoption [...]

BYD and Xiaomi shares surge after June delivery numbers show momentum holding

Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese EV makers surged on Thursday after June delivery figures beat expectations. BYD gained around 9% and Xiaomi climbed about 5%. BYD posted 403,472 vehicle sales in Jun [...]

BYD has built China’s first 4nm driving chip, and it’s putting LiDAR on a $10,000 car

BYD has unveiled the Xuanji A3, which it calls China’s first automotive-grade 4-nanometre chip for self-driving vehicles. CEO Wang Chuanfu announced the chip at an event at BYD’s Shenzhen headqu [...]

BYD’s answer to its car-sales slump: a humanoid robot in every showroom

BYD sells more electric cars than anyone. Next month, it wants to sell you one using a robot. China’s biggest EV maker will unveil its first humanoid robot in August, at its Di Space experience cent [...]

Chinese carmaker BYD sued over 'slave-like' labor conditions

One day after BYD (BYDDY) overtook Tesla’s (TSLA) market share in Europe, the Chinese EV maker and two of its contractors were sued by the Brazilian government for subjecting 220 Chinese workers in [...]

BYD doubled its 1,500kW charging network in five months and wants to double it again by December

BYD opened its 10,000th Flash Charging station on 28 August, doubling the network in under five months, with each connector rated at up to 1,500kW. European rules require a charging pool on the core r [...]