Founded in 1995 by Wang Chuanfu in China’s megacity of Shenzhen, BYD is the country’s No 1 automaker. It exports its electric taxis, buses and other vehicles to markets across Europe ...

Wang Chuanfu, chairman and CEO of electric vehicle maker BYD, has added $9.3 billion to his wealth this year as the Chinese company overtook billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla in global sales.

This figure exceeded the $97.7 billion annual revenue reported by Elon Musk's Tesla. Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD, hailed the firm's "rapid development" in 2024, noting the company ...

Sau màn “quay xe” của BYD từ việc xây nhà máy lắp ráp ôtô tại Việt Nam chuyển sang xe nhập khẩu về bán, nhiều người tự hỏi mục đích thực sự của BYD tại Việt Nam là gì? Vào cuối tháng 3/2024, sau ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. From a certain perspective, this might have seemed like a rocky week for electric carmaker BYD and its metallurgist-turned ...

The Super e-Platform will be capable of peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts (kW), enabling cars that use it to travel 400 km (249 miles) on a 5-minute charge, founder Wang Chuanfu said at an ...

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BYD founder Wang Chuanfu said it has the potential to 'fundamentally solve users' charging anxiety.' He added: 'Our pursuit is to make the charging time of electric vehicles as short as the ...

BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, often described as China's Elon Musk, said at a launch event in Shenzhen, China that the company's new cars would achieve 'oil-electric parity' for refuelling.

On Monday (Mar 17), Wang Chuanfu, the Shenzhen-based group’s billionaire founder, unveiled a new charging system that could add about 470km in range to BYD’s batteries in just five minutes.

It means customers will be able to recharge cars in just five minutes. Wang Chuanfu, chair and chief executive of the BYD Group, said “flash charging” has the potential to end range anxiety.

“To completely solve users’ anxiety over charging, our pursuit is to make the charging time for EVs as short as the refuelling time for fuel vehicles,” BYD chairman and founder Wang Chuanfu revealed.