The BYD Dolphin Surf Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD is deliberately avoiding a price war in South Africa as competition ramps up in the continent’s second biggest car market, its local MD said on Wednesday. South Africa has seen a growing influx of new electric, plug-in hybrid, range extender and traditional hybrid car brands, many…
In a major bid to reclaim its dominance in the Chinese market, BYD has unveiled a suite of high-performance hardware upgrades, including the latest generation of its “Blade” batteries and a new ultra-fast flash charging architecture. The announcement, made in Shenzhen on Thursday, arrives as the world’s largest electric-vehicle manufacturer faces a deepening sales slump…
BYD has officially launched the Sealion 5 in South Africa, introducing the country’s most affordable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to date. Priced at R499 900, the Sealion 5 signals BYD’s intention to aggressively pursue market share and go head-to-head with South Africa’s top-selling hybrid, the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid. Speaking at the launch in Johannesburg,…
Just weeks after announcing that it plans to launch a nationwide, high-speed electric vehicle charging network in South Africa, China’s largest car maker by sales, BYD, has announced it will launch another plug-in hybrid EV in the local market. The BYD Sealion 5 is a plug-in hybrid compact crossover SUV that pairs a 1.5l petrol…
The BYD Sealion 7 electric. Chinese multinational new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer BYD has made a multibillion-rand investment in expanding its operations in South Africa, as it looks to increase its market share in the local electric vehicle (EV) industry. BYD has set a target to, over the next year, open a dealership in every…
China’s BYD, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric cars, is set to make the biggest single investment yet in South Africa’s nascent electric vehicle (EV) sector. In an exclusive interview with TechCentral in Johannesburg, BYD Executive Vice President Stella Li disclosed the company’s plans to roll out a national network of ultra-high-speed charging stations. Read:…
TechCentral broke the news earlier on Thursday that BYD – often called “China’s Tesla” – plans to build a megawatt-class EV charging network in South Africa. This is a significant development – and forms part of a far bigger story taking shape in China, one that promises to transform electric mobility in South Africa in…
BYD executive vice president Stella Li The world’s largest manufacturer of electric cars, China’s BYD, will build a nationwide network of super high-speed vehicle charging stations in South Africa, TechCentral can reveal. BYD executive vice president Stella Li, who has been credited with leading BYD’s rapid expansion outside China, disclosed the company’s plans in an…
BYD’s new Dolphin Surf Eskom has signed a memorandum of cooperation with BYD Auto South Africa aimed at advancing electric mobility in the country, while supporting the launch of the Chinese car maker’s new compact all-electric model, the Dolphin Surf. The agreement, signed on Tuesday, comes after Eskom introduced 20 EVs and 10 charging stations…
Chinese vehicle manufacturing giant BYD on Tuesday unveiled South Africa’s new cheapest electric car, costing just R339 900. BYD, often describes as China’s Tesla – and which is even outselling Tesla now in some markets – unveiled two derivatives of the new Dolphin Surf in Cape Town. The first is the Dolphin Surf Comfort, which kicks…
