After years of trading quarterly blows, BYD has officially overtaken Tesla as the world’s largest manufacturer of all-electric vehicles

More than 153 electric car models were on sale in Australia during 2025, but more are queued up to arrive this year, including a bargain priced at $24,000.

BYD is plotting a range of new hybrid versions of its smallest cars, but in a strange twist there’s a good reason they might not make it to Australia. Our market has been a prime hunting ground for BYD’s range of rival-smashing affordable plug-in and fully electric models,

China’s best-selling car maker has faced stiffer competition in the past year from Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd and Xiaomi