US EditionBYD's China Megafactory Now Seven Times Larger Than Tesla's Austin Plant
- Satellite imagery from Vantor and Planet Images shows BYD's Zhengzhou site in Henan province, China, has more than doubled since July 2023 and now dwarfs Tesla's largest gigafactory in Austin, Texas.
- BYD broke ground in late 2021 and began production in April 2023, rapidly turning the Zhengzhou factory into a major hub to grow global capacity and challenge Tesla.
- Testing infrastructure includes the Zhengzhou test circuit with a 44-meter basalt drifting circle, a 29-meter sand incline, and a 70-meter wade pool for the Yangwang U8 hybrid SUV.
- BYD reported $107 billion in 2024 revenue versus Tesla's $97.7 billion, while Zhengzhou produced hundreds of thousands of vehicles and employs around 60,000 staff with more recruitment planned.
- BYD plans to expand capacity to 1.8 million vehicles and the Zhengzhou megafactory campus is being built in eight phases to approach San Francisco city size and 50 square miles.
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BYD’s largest Chinese megafactory dwarfs Tesla’s Austin site. Satellite images show it’s getting even bigger.
BYD is building factories and stores around the world as it looks to expand beyond China's brutal EV market. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Satellite imagery shows how BYD is expanding its largest megafactory in Zhengzhou, China. The factory appears to have doubled in size, and BYD has added a racing circuit with a wade pool. BYD is on track to overtake Tesla as the world's largest EV company this year, despite a recent sales slowdown. BYD has a …
Satellite images show how Tesla rival BYD is expanding its largest Chinese megafactory
BYD is building factories and stores around the world as it looks to expand beyond China's brutal EV market.Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty ImagesSatellite imagery shows how BYD is expanding its largest megafactory in Zhengzhou, China.The factory appears to have doubled in size, and BYD has added a racing circuit with a wade pool.BYD is on track to overtake Tesla as the world's largest EV company this year, despite a recent sales slowdown.BYD has a simple…
REPORTING - China's electric car giant has opened its doors for the first time to international journalists. Its Zhengzhou website will produce a million vehicles a year.
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