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The sales of plug-in vehicles in Japan are meager, and the market is dominated by local players, but Wang Chuanfu sees an opportunity there.

Mercedes-Benz has experience in cooperation with BYD since 2010.

Tesla, Ford and Toyota already use BYD tech inside some of their EVs.

And not just Germans. Toyota recently launched BYD-inside EV, and Renault works on PHEV drivetrains with Geely.

Toyota have BYD inside in bZ3, Audi will built EVs on SAIC platform, Mercedes in talks with Geely regarding PHEVs powertrains. "Automobile industry saw an inflection last week, " says Yilun Zhang.

The mass production of the FAW-BYD battery packs will start in September. The planned annual capacity is 45 GWh, good for 1 million EVs per year.

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After the price reduction in February, the sales of bZ4X have increased, accounting for approximately 0.5% of the Chinese EV market. The delivery of a bZ3 EV started in March and 297 units were delivered in China.

BYD is the biggest car maker in China and the second biggest battery producer globally.

Unlike many media reports, Shanghai Auto Show is not China's first major Auto Show since covid. In January, there was a Guangzhou Auto Show which hinted to us what hell of a show we can expect from Shanghai.