EV sports
BYD, the company that’s been supercharging the electric vehicle industry in recent years with its low-cost cars and soaring sales/production figures, has unveiled its most expensive model yet: a $233k fully-electric supercar to rival “gas-guzzling options” from established brands like Ferrari and Lamborghini.
The Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker has started taking orders on the Yangwang U9 after launching the supercar at an event in Shanghai yesterday, reportedly hailing the new vehicle as “the beginning of a new era when fully electric supercars become a choice”.
It’s been a busy few years for BYD, having dethroned VW as China’s leading car company in April and unseated Tesla from atop the global EV sales chart in the final quarter of the year, as the company continues its meteoric rise.
