Electric vehicles

BYD to send hot-selling SUV to Europe, pressuring incumbents

Chinese carmakers have garnered 15 per cent of EV sales in Europe in April

FAW’s Hongqi will debut its right-hand-drive flagship electric SUV, the E-HS9, along with a new luxury SUV at the Hong Kong auto show.

At Hong Kong auto show, China automakers to target wealthy in right-hand-drive markets

“Chinese automakers are aggressively challenging Japanese dominance” in Asean markets

BYD is the leading EV nameplate in Britain and Indonesia, and has also topped Singapore’s charts for two years running.
THINKING ALOUD

The BYD boast that shareholders didn’t like

While Toyota’s chairman feels lonely at the top, BYD’s is remarkably optimistic

Electric heavy trucks are parked at a fleet depot equipped with electric truck chargers, Tangshan, Hebei province, China, April 1, 2026.

China sets sights on heavy truck electrification in blow to diesel demand

The country could move toward electric trucks at an even faster pace than targets indicate

To achieve that goal, the firm would need to overtake Toyota Motor, which sold more than twice as many vehicles as BYD in 2025.

BYD chairman says firm will be world’s biggest automaker in five years as shares slide

The company has struggled to restore growth after its domestic sales were hit by intensified competition with local peers over the past year

BYD’s total vehicle sales rose for the first time in nine months in May.

China car sales downturn extends into May as Volkswagen tests EV revamp

Exports grow 75.1% but the increase isn’t enough to counter the domestic slump

BYD’s momentum is likely to continue, with the firm this month using one of its own car-carriers for the first time to ship almost 5,000 EVs to Australia.

China speeds past Japan in Australian car imports on EV bonanza

Electric vehicles and hybrids account for almost half of the cars sold in Australia in May

For the Open category (Category E), the premium fell slightly by 0.8%, from S$130,000 to S$129,000.

COE: Commercial vehicle premium hits all-time high of $94,000, surpassing previous record at last tender

There is only a S$980 difference between the premiums for Categories A and B

Tesla's new registrations rebounded in several European markets in May, extending a recovery after earlier demand weakness in the continent.

Tesla extends Chinese-made EV growth as sales surge in May

Deliveries of its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles from its Shanghai plant is up 8.2% at 85,982, data shows