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BYD to Double European Sales Network in 2026 as Local Production Drive Accelerates

BYD frames the push as a bid for customer proximity through European manufacturing.

Overview

  • BYD says it will expand from roughly 1,000 European points of sale by end-2025 to about 2,000 outlets next year.
  • Regional chief Maria Grazia Davino outlined the plan at a Frankfurt event, citing the need to be closer to European buyers.
  • The company’s first European factory in Hungary is due to open soon, with a second plant planned in Turkey and a third under consideration in Spain.
  • BYD intends to build all vehicles for Europe within the region within three years as part of a long-term localization strategy.
  • European sales more than tripled to 80,807 vehicles in the first nine months of 2025, helped by the ATTO 2 DM-i plug-in hybrid promising up to 1,020 km combined range and up to 90 km electric-only driving.