In this episode, Julie Thoin-Bousquié, senior reporter in the Economy department of L’Express and specialist in industrial issues, examines the astonishing sales figures of Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD.
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Charlotte Baris: 42,000. This is the difference between the number of electric cars sold by the Chinese BYD and the sales of Tesla in the last quarter of 2023. Julie Thoin-Bousquié, senior reporter in the Economy department of L’Express joined me in the studio, and she’s going to explain to us why that’s an important number. First of all, is BYD an important player in the global automobile market?
Julie Thoin-Bousquié: Yes, it is a car manufacturer which is very important today and whose name we will have to remember. For the record, BYD actually means “build your dreams” (or “constructez vos dreams” in French). But BYD was not born a car manufacturer. When the company was created in the 1990s, it produced batteries for consumer electronics. Then from the 2000s, it decided to diversify into automobiles…
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