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BYD Becomes Global EV Leader

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Chinese automaker BYD overtook Tesla in 2025 to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles, according to multiple industry sales estimates.

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One country is taking care of business, while the other is declaring unnecessary enemies at home and abroad and dissipating its energy in brutal legal and militarised campaigns.
Growing Chinese auto giant BYD stands poised to officially surpass Tesla as the world’s biggest electric vehicle company in annual sales.
China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla in 2025 EV sales
Based on sales data so far this year, there is almost no chance the American company will retain its leadership position.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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SCMP: "About 50 unprofitable mainland Chinese EV makers are under pressure to scale down their business or wind down operations, as the country’s automotive sector is projected to report a sales drop next year – the first such contraction since 2020."
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December 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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After Trump regime slashed electric vehicle, renewable energy support, watered down pollution standards, reinforcement, and penalties, electric car sales dropped. But not public support for alternatives to gas pollution. www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind
In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind
They estimate that widespread EV adoption could reduce climate pollution worldwide by over 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year
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December 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM

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Growing Chinese auto giant BYD stands poised to officially surpass Tesla as the world’s biggest electric vehicle company in annual sales.
China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla in 2025 EV sales
Based on sales data so far this year, there is almost no chance the American company will retain its leadership position.
ebx.sh
December 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99% electrek.co/2025/12/29/t...
Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM