BYD

China floods the world with gasoline cars it can’t sell at home

China’s gasoline-vehicle exports alone – not including EVs and plug-in hybrids – made it the world’s largest auto-exporting nation by volume in 2024

Overall sales for BYD now needs to sell about 418,000 units in December to meet its reportedly adjusted full-year target of 4.6 million.

BYD sales drop for third month as EV competition heats up

The decline is particularly notable as it comes during what is supposed to be a busy period

Leapmotor is ramping up a venture with Fiat and Peugeot owner Stellantis, complementing its partner’s lineup with the battery-powered T03 hatchback.

Chinese carmakers retreat from record share of European sales

BYD in particular has rapidly built its sales network, with a focus on the UK

BYD in September experienced its first year-on-year sales contraction since 2020

Alibaba, BYD, Pop Mart: The winners and losers among SDRs on the SGX

SGX’s total SDR count grows to 29 securities across three markets as at November 2025

Leapmotor sales are helping Stellantis meet European Union targets on reducing CO2 fleet emissions, Florian Huettl says.

Stellantis takes fresh swipe at BYD on EV sales in Europe

Chinese carmakers have been on a tear in the continent despite the region’s import tariffs, offering electric as well as hybrid models at attractive prices

A BYD car on display in Thailand.

As Thailand’s EV adoption grows, its automotive market wrestles with aftershocks 

China EVs have brought price wars, consumer uncertainty and infrastructure concerns 

BYD management expects a decline in capital expenditure in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter, followed by a significant decline in 2026, according to the report.

BYD aims to sell up to 1.6 million vehicles abroad in 2026, Citi says

The automaker reduces the 2025 target by 16% to 4.6 million vehicles

Honda now expects to sell 925,000 vehicles in Asia, including China, in the current financial year, a decline of more than 10 per cent from its previous target of 1.09 million cars.
ANALYSIS

Honda’s bigger threat comes from China's EV makers, not tariffs or chips

Japan’s second-largest automaker cuts its full-year outlook by a fifth

Indonesia’s Chandra Asri on Oct 24 announced its plans to buy ExxonMobil’s Singapore Esso petrol kiosk chain for US$1 billion.
BT EXPLAINS

As EVs dominate, why are Esso petrol stations being acquired and what will the future look like?

The purchase of such stations – a ‘sunset’ industry – comes at a time when electric vehicle-maker BYD is outselling long-time king Toyota

BYD faces pressure from the prolonged period of discounting that has underpinned its rapid ascent in the Chinese EV market.

BYD shares fall as profit slump piles pressure on EV giant

Analysts have attributed its sales slowdown primarily to efforts to reduce inventory ahead of its rollout of 2026 models