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BYD Opens China Megaplant to Media as European Sales Surge Despite EU Tariffs

BYD is showcasing its Zhengzhou capacity to signal global scale despite a 27% import duty on Chinese EVs in the European Union.

BYD multiplie les ouvertures d’usines sur tous les continents. Ici au Brésil cet automne, en fin d’année en Hongrie et l’an prochain en Turquie.
En bout de chaîne, à l’usine BYD de Zhengzhou (Chine), les véhicules se préparent au dernier contrôle qualité, qui se fait manuellement.
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Overview

  • BYD granted international journalists rare access to its Zhengzhou site, which is planned to build roughly one million vehicles per year.
  • The factory blends high‑volume automation with manual final quality checks, highlighting the company’s cost and process control.
  • Despite a 27% EU customs duty in place since October 2024, BYD’s European deliveries jumped to 13,221 in September 2025 from 3,553 a year earlier.
  • Sales in Europe reached 80,807 over the first nine months of 2025 versus 23,216 in the same period of 2024, with a 1.5% September market share, though volumes remain small next to Volkswagen and Renault.
  • BYD’s global push includes new or forthcoming plants in Brazil, Hungary and Turkey, and its worldwide EV sales have surpassed Tesla’s.