BYD is like Huawei in regards to self sufficiency. You can’t realistically expect all companies to be like that.
What do you make of the flying car from Xpeng?This is why NIO and Xpeng frustrate me. It's good that they've decided to design their own chip, but XPeng is still somehow handling the design work to an American firm. These guys will never learn. There are perfectly great Chinese firms doing this and are sanction proof, yet they go for the most sanctionable option.
Outside of BYD, I'm not convinced any Chinese automakers can truly design it's own CPU/GPUs.
pony.air partners up with RoboSense.
Zeekr 001 has now hit 50k in production, which is not bad for a pretty expensive car.
BYD will be launching in Austria also through local dealer Denzel
They definitely have some big plans for India, looks like they'd be interested in a second plant if things go well. The Chennai plant can do 10k cars a year.
Reviews of BYD Atto 3 coming on YouTube from Indian car enthusiasts. Despite the geopolitical concerns, Indians seem to be quite excited about Atto 3.
Japanese automakers in suicide watch
soon to be the new Emperor of Automobile industry.
exactly a decade ago, it was just a dream. LOOL