The Standard That Changes the Game On July 29, BYD Automotive made an announcement that sounded like a routine regulatory update — and it was, technically — but the competitive implications are anything but routine. BYD confirmed it co-authored GB 47955-2026,…
The Car That Japan Didn’t See Coming On July 28 in Tokyo, BYD Japan president Liu Xueliang stood next to a boxy little vehicle that looked like something Honda or Suzuki would build — because it was. The BYD Racco (海獭) wasn’t…
The Big Picture The Bet That Already Paid Off On July 27, a Chinese company most people outside the semiconductor industry had never heard of listed on Shanghai’s STAR Market. ChangXin Memory Technologies — CXMT, China’s largest DRAM manufacturer — closed its…
Here is the paradox: a single BYD megawatt flash-charging nozzle can push 1,500 kW to a car, yet the station behind it often runs on a transformer no larger than the one feeding a mid-sized factory. The trick is not…
01 Comparison of Gen-2 Blade Battery Specifications BYD second generation Blade battery is the subject of intense technical discussion online.In response to ongoing online discussions about the technical parameters of BYD’s second-generation Blade battery (short-blade), this section provides a detailed…
The Big Picture The Moment the Screen Went Blank On July 8, a man named Liu packed his family into his six-month-old Zeekr 9X — a flagship SUV he’d paid roughly RMB 500,000 ($69,000) for — and started driving west…
The Big Picture 1. Chery 20 Million Sales: The Numbers Chery 20 million sales is a milestone that took 29 years to build. Founded in 1997, the company crossed 1 million cumulative sales in 2007 — the first Chinese brand to…
The Big Picture 1. XPeng X9 Recall: What’s Happening The XPeng X9 recall covers nearly every X9 produced in the model’s first two years — August 8, 2023, to August 11, 2025. The defect: reduced airtightness in the front air springs due…
The Big Picture 1. Geely Ford Spain: What’s Happening Geely Ford Spain is not a takeover. It’s a cohabitation. Geely will occupy Ford’s idle Body 3 assembly line at the Almussafes plant, building its own vehicles on its own platform while…
The Big Picture 1. Qin Max Interior: Young Buyers, Dawn Purple, Column Shifter BYD Qin Max is being pitched as “a car that is the top choice for young people.” Lu Tian, the Dynasty lineup’s sales chief, posted the interior images…
