On January 25, blogger @小迪快报 reported an important news: Uzbekistan's ** Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited BYD's headquarters in Shenzhen. During this period, he and BYD President Wang Chuanfu participated in a first-class connection activity, marking the official start of production at BYD's new factory in Uzbekistan. This event not only reflects the deepening of cooperation between the two countries in the economic and technological fields, but also shows another important milestone in BYD's global market expansion.
During an important visit on January 25, Uzbekistan** Mirziyoyev visited BYD's headquarters in Shenzhen to witness the birth of BYD's first model put into production in Uzbekistan - Song Plus DM-i. At the same time, BYD President Wang Chuanfu handed over the symbolic 10,000th new energy vehicle, the Yangwang U8, to Mirziyoyev, marking BYD's remarkable achievements in the Uzbekistan market.
During this exchange, Mirziyoyev** also witnessed the safety demonstration of BYD's blade battery and was impressed by the extremely high safety shown in the acupuncture experiment. He also experienced the advanced U8 U-turn function and gained a deeper understanding of BYD's products and technologies.
In the dialogue with Wang Chuanfu, Mirziyoyev mentioned that he expects BYD to increase the production of the Uzbekistan factory, and expects the cooperation between the two sides to be further deepened and expanded to jointly promote the development of the automotive industry in Uzbekistan.
BYD launched three BEVs in Indonesia in mid-January, attracting industry attention. At the press conference, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto announced BYD's major investment plan: it will build a $1.3 billion car plant in Indonesia, which is expected to have an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles.
In addition, the Financial Times reported on another global expansion of BYD in the middle of this month: BYD is building its first electric vehicle production facility outside of Asia in Brazil. Alexander Baldi, BYD's chairman in South America, revealed that the company has held in-depth discussions with Brazilian lithium producer Sigma Lithium on ** agreements, joint ventures or acquisitions. Baldi stressed that BYD is seeking to acquire lithium resources in Brazil to build a complete ** chain, and said that the dialogue with Sigma Lithium is actively underway.
At the same time, BYD is also actively promoting its manufacturing layout in Europe and North America. The company's plans to build a new electric vehicle production base in Hungary and negotiations to build a plant in Mexico are ongoing, demonstrating BYD's firm pace of globalization.