BYD ships first made-in-Thailand EVs to Europe

[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.