Tag: BYD

• Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 02:16 UTC

  BYD ship reaches Argentina with record delivery of nearly 5,800 electric and hybrid vehicles

  

  The BYD Changzhou car carrier docked on Monday at Terminal Zárate, in Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, and unloaded around 5,800 hybrid and electric vehicles shipped from China—described by local coverage as the largest single import landing of its kind in the country.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

  Brazil: Labor Ministry files suit against BYD for slave-like working conditions

  

  Brazil's Labor Ministry (MPT) has filed a public civil lawsuit against Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) and two contractor companies, China JinJiang Construction Brazil and Tonghe Intelligent Equipment of Brazil (now Tecmonta), for slave labor and international human trafficking.

• Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  BYD EV manufacturer clashes and apologizes to one of its main markets due to slavery-like conditions

  

  The Chinese BYD electric car factory construction in northern Brazil has turned out into a dispute between Chinese investors and Brazilian authorities who accused the Chinese contractor of having Brazilian labor working in slavery-like conditions that allegedly entered the country with temporary labor visas.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  Electric car company signs dealership agreement in Chile

  

  Astara Chile signed an alliance with BYD whereby the Spanish distributor will market and distribute BYD electric passenger vehicles in the South American country starting in the first quarter of 2023, it was announced this week in Santiago.

• Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  China electric monorail system, cheaper than metro, for a major Brazilian city

  

  BYD, China’s biggest electric vehicle maker by sales, signed a 2.5 billion Brazilian real (US$ 689 million) deal this week to build a monorail system in Brazil’s Salvador city, the firm said. It’s the company’s biggest overseas monorail investment yet, according to a company spokesperson. Construction will start on the 20-kilometer route this year, and it’s expected to begin operations in 2021.