The smarter E Europe 2026 happened this week in Munich, with the lead event of InterSolar Europe co-located with ess Europe, Power2Drive and EM-Power. Regardless of the intended organization of the conference and exhibitions, the lines between them have increasingly blurred, as solar is combined with storage, EV charging and … [continued]
I don’t normally do this — in fact, I don’t remember ever doing it — but I’m just going to launch this article with initial images of the BYD Seal 08. It’s a stunning looking vehicle, and will surely sell well. That’s going to sell well. It’s a BYD, so … [continued]
BYD has just launched a big new model, the refresh of one of its most popular models of all time. The new BYD Great Tang pulled in 150,000 pre-orders before pricing was even announced, the most reservations a BYD model has ever received. And then pricing was announced…. The BYD … [continued]
Makings EVs Great Again — EV Share Jumps to 35% in Europe! Thanks to a number of factors (new models, high gas prices, mass arrival of Chinese models, etc.), EVs have picked up again in Europe. Close to 400,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in May, 275,000 of them … [continued]
As we’ve been writing, BYD is focusing more and more on sales outside of China for its core EV business and a hopeful return to EV sales growth. The company’s vehicle exports have grown 65% this year so far, for example, and grew by 80% in May. BYD also now … [continued]
It’s been a popular topic lately to write about China’s EV sales slump in 2026, growing EV exports from China, and various policy changes and even controversies related to that. But there’s much more going on that isn’t typically acknowledged. First of all, note that while China’s EV sales are … [continued]
Tesla fans criticized BYD electric vehicles for years. Supposedly, they were cheap, boring, and poorly made. However, BYD has grown and grown over the past several years, now produces far more cars than Tesla, and has about the same number of R&D engineers as Tesla has total employees. Now we … [continued]
Yesterday, BYD officially launched sales of the Datang or “Great Tang.” The premium SUV went on sale with over 150,000 pre-orders on the books over the past month, after having been previewed months earlier. BYD has been supply constrained with its latest models featuring the second-generation Blade Battery. Based on … [continued]
Last month, BYD announced full damage guarantee for “Urban NOA,” or city driving, on LiDAR equipped cars that have been delivered with their latest 5.0 software or have received the OTA update. This comes in addition to fully covering “intelligent parking” using the advanced ADAS system. BYD indicated that their … [continued]
The Denza Z was the big news this week from the 408th monthly MIIT regulatory filings. The sports car has a 500 kW motor on the front axle and two 340 kW motors on the rear axle for a total of 1180 kW (1582 horsepower). 0-100 km/h has previously been … [continued]
