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BYD to kick off EV production at new Thailand plant in Q3 as overseas expansion accelerates

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Once up and running, BYD’s new plant in Thailand is expected to build 150,000 EVs a year. BYD Atto 3 production (Source: BYD) After beginning production at its Uzbekistan plant in January, BYD is building new facilities in Hungary and Brazil as it expands the brand overseas. It will rival Tesla’s entry-level $25,000 EV.

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China’s EV brands are coming to bury US automakers—or are they? – Charged EVs

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Chinese OEMs are now producing good-quality vehicles, and thanks to cheap labor, government subsidies and economies of scale, they’re able to offer these at prices no Western automaker can hope to match. It’s building factories in Brazil, Thailand, Hungary and Uzbekistan, and will soon break ground on a plant in Mexico.