Earlier this month, an enormous ship picked up over 5,000 electrical vehicles from two ports in northern and southern China. 5 days later, it handed by way of Singapore, and it’s now headed for India. Nevertheless, its remaining vacation spot is in Europe, the place many of the vehicles might be bought.
The ship’s identify is BYD Explorer No.1. As the primary of an enormous fleet that BYD is constructing, it displays the Chinese language firm’s ambition to determine a seafaring enterprise that helps its new function within the international automotive commerce.
There’s rising urge for food for BYD’s vehicles abroad. In 2023, BYD exported over 240,000 automobiles, up from 55,000 in 2022. But it surely’s run right into a snag: to get essentially the most monetary profit from its exploding reputation overseas, it’s having to develop past the automotive commerce into the transport enterprise. Learn the total story.
—Zeyi Yang
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