BYD ships first made-in-Thailand EVs to Europe
BYD Thailand faces competition not just from other Chinese car companies but also from its other factories
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[CHONBURI] Just over a year after Chinese auto giant BYD invested nearly half a billion dollars in a new plant in Thailand’s Rayong province, the company has shipped its first 900 made-in-Thailand Dolphin models to Europe – a move spurred by government efforts to position Thailand as a regional EV hub.
On Monday (Aug 25), the auto brand exported its first batch to Belgium, Germany and UK, carried out by BYD’s own vessel – the BYD Zhengzhou.
This comes after BYD opened a US$490 million factory in nearby Rayong province in July last year with a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles a year, including models of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. In July, the plant celebrated the delivery of its 90,000th new energy vehicle.
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