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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

Photo: Shenzhen Government Online Shenzhen, the home of Chinese EV giant BYD, says it’s become the first in China to have more supercharging plugs than gas pumps. So all those cheap EVs need to be fast-charged, and what better place to expand than BYD’s home city? The city of 12.5 The city of 12.5

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Shenzhen manufacturing region, where the company is headquartered, is known for cheap unskilled labor, but BYD’s competitive advantage derives from its cheap skilled labor. car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. government is going to help U.S.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Also, Portugal is where Jose calls home.

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