Denza has launched the fast-charging N8L from about $47,000, filling out a product matrix that is starting to look increasingly formidable.

BYD’s rapid rise in Sri Lanka is entering a more difficult phase: turning early sales momentum into a durable electric-vehicle ecosystem in a market still rebuilding after years of import restrictions.

China’s auto industry has long treated solid-state batteries as a distant promise, but that view is starting to shift. New independently verified test results suggest a key engineering threshold in sulfide-based solid-state battery development may have been crossed, with implications extending well beyond lab-scale performance.

BYD has completed the first Australian voyage by one of its own car carriers, marking another step in the Chinese automaker’s effort to take greater control of its global supply chain.

With the release of 2025 sales figures, there were few surprises: BYD once again emerged as the clear leader among China’s domestic carmakers. Yet more striking than its total annual sales of 4.6024 million vehicles was another milestone—2.26 million of them were fully electric. That achievement propelled BYD to the top of the global pure-EV rankings, displacing Tesla from a position it had long dominated. This first-ever overtake carries significance beyond a simple change in numbers, signalling the arrival of a new “China force” at the very apex of the global electric vehicle market.