On November 16, BYD held the "BYD 3 Millionth New Energy Vehicle Launch Event" at BYD's global headquarters (Shenzhen) with the theme of "Gathering Light and Moving Forward, Thanking Peers", which means BYD became the first Chinese independent brand to reach this milestone. This means BYD became the first Chinese independent brand to reach this milestone. It took BYD 13 years to achieve the first "1 million", 1 year to achieve the second "1 million", and only half a year to achieve the third "1 million". BYD only took half a year! Both in terms of new energy technology and new energy market sales, BYD is showing us a new "acceleration", and it is also contributing to the rise of Chinese cars and the accelerated change of global green mobility.
Ms. Wang Shuang, Miss Asian Football, became the owner of BYD's 3 millionth new energy vehicle, the Seal, and at the event, BYD Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu delivered BYD's 3 millionth new energy vehicle to Wang Shuang. Wang Frost said, "I am very honored to be the owner of BYD's 3 millionth new energy vehicle, and I hope that we can use green travel together to help 'cool the earth by 1℃' and let the world see China's power".
And at the launch site, Guo Shougang, deputy director of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, also delivered a speech: "BYD actively responds to the national call, firm direction, determined to innovate, and has made a number of technological breakthroughs in the field of new energy vehicles, and its comprehensive competitiveness has entered the global forefront."
Facing future industry changes and changes in user consumption trends, Wang Chuanfu said that BYD will continue to focus on technological innovation and continue to meet people's new pursuit of a better life with leading technology and diversified products. And will also be in the existing "four-in-one" security system, based on another more disruptive "black technology" to further enhance vehicle safety, to bring better security for users, for which BYD will spare no effort.
In the "brand up" strategy, BYD has never stopped, from the BYD Han, which has attracted much attention since its introduction, to the BYD Seal, which has just listed orders exceeding 100,000 units. At the event, Wang Chuanfu revealed that BYD will once again make an impact on the higher-end market, with the first model of the high-end brand "Look Up" to be launched in the first quarter of 2023, the first model of the brand will be located in the hard-core crossover, and its price will exceed 1 million yuan. In addition, BYD will also launch a new brand, which is also very distinctive: more specialized and more personalized. By now, BYD's brand matrix has been basically completed, and the products will cover 100,000 yuan to 1 million yuan models.
The development of BYD in 2022 is very rapid, not only record high domestic sales, overseas markets are also a lot of good news. Data show that in September, BYD car sales exceeded the 200,000 mark, and in October BYD car sales hit a new high, reaching 217,800 units, a year-on-year surge of 168.9%. And from January to October this year, BYD's annual sales have exceeded 1.4 million units, a year-on-year increase of more than 150%. In overseas markets, BYD's new energy footprint has spread to more than 70 countries and regions, more than 400 cities around the world, successfully entered the developed markets of Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, Australia and other developed countries, and won a number of large orders in Romania, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and other countries, and BYD' s first overseas passenger car factory is also officially settled in Thailand.
In addition to the growing BYD Dynasty series, BYD Ocean series and Denza brand (a new energy brand joint venture between BYD and Mercedes-Benz), the upcoming launch of the ultra-luxury brand "Look Up" in the first quarter of 2023 and another professional and personalized The brand is also very interesting. In addition, BYD will further develop the global market and promote the internationalization of the passenger car industry, writing "Chinese speed" on the new energy track. With BYD' s 3 million new energy vehicles coming off the production line, it is not only an important milestone in BYD' s automotive history, but also a highlight for Chinese brands!
