In recent days, BYD has caused another heated public opinion in Europe.
The Austrian government plans to purchase BYD as an official car.
According to the German media "DW", the Austrian government intends to purchase electric vehicles produced by Chinese manufacturer BYD as official vehicles.
This is just a simple market purchase, but it has caused controversy in many European media. Some major newspapers, including "News" and "Standard", have come out to participate in this discussion.
There was some opposition to this discussion, but more of the media took the matter from an objective point of view, as the Austrian newspaper Die Presse put it: "Populism cannot influence China".
In its commentary, the newspaper mentions that German car companies have long had large factories in China, such as BMW, which produced electric cars in China and delivered them to Europe. Why would China's BYD models destroy jobs in Austria and not Tesla (USA), Renault (France) or Hyundai (Hyundai)?
In addition, the newspaper also mentioned that China occupies more than two-thirds of the market for electric vehicle batteries, and these batteries are also used in European cars, so it is impossible to decouple from the Chinese auto industry.
Crucially, German automakers and Austrian suppliers are also enjoying the benefits of China's huge car market, where they have been making a lot of money for years.
To put it bluntly, the development of China's automotive industry to this day is not only China's own business, but also forms a community of destiny with many suppliers around the world.
The development of Chinese automobiles is also a good thing for suppliers in Europe and Austria, and today, Chinese automobile companies are not only Chinese enterprises, but also global enterprises, whether it is R&D, production or supply chain are developing in the direction of globalization.
For example, BYD has opened R&D centers and production centers in many countries around the world, and after the production line in Thailand, in December 2023, BYD announced the construction of a new energy vehicle production base in Szeged, Hungary, which can not only provide thousands of local jobs, but also drive the development of the European automotive supply chain.
The Bahamas used BYD to receive the British royal family, and the overseas rise of Chinese cars is unstoppable
In recent years, Chinese auto companies have actively gone out and achieved positive results, in addition to the Austrian government's plan to purchase BYD as an official car, in fact, BYD has been highly recognized by many governments before this, and even some countries directly use BYD as a state guest car to receive some foreign guests.
In March 2022, members of the British royal family visited the Atlantic island country of the Bahamas, and sharp-eyed friends discovered that the VIP car used to receive Prince William and Princess Kate of the United Kingdom in the Bahamas was not a traditional European and American luxury car, but a Tang EV produced by the Chinese car brand BYD.
In everyone's impression, whether at home or abroad, when receiving some important VIPs, many people use some German, British, American or Japanese high-end brands, why are Chinese cars more and more able to obtain the recognition of foreign governments?
To put it bluntly, China's automobiles have begun to rise, especially in new energy vehicles, which are unstoppable, and in recent years, China's new energy vehicles have been making great progress overseas.
According to the data released by the China Association of Industry and Automobile Manufacturers, in January ~ November 2023, China's passenger car exports reached 3.72 million units, a year-on-year increase of 65.1%, and China has surpassed Japan to become the world's largest automobile exporter.
The reason why China's automobile exports can grow rapidly, in addition to the contribution of traditional fuel vehicles, the pull of new energy vehicles is also very obvious, 1~11 months, the mainland's new energy vehicle exports reached 1.091 million, a year-on-year increase of 83.5%, which many automobile companies have increased by more than 100% year-on-year.
For example, in November, BYD's new energy vehicle exports reached 30,629 units, and in 1~11 months, the cumulative exports have reached 206,670 units, which is about 3.67 times that of the whole year of 2022.
This fully shows that China's new energy vehicles are becoming more and more popular in the world, and the reason why Chinese cars can open up the markets of various countries is not only by high cost performance, but also by quality and technical guarantee.
In traditional fuel vehicles, there may be some gaps between mainland automobiles and Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, but in the field of new energy vehicles, in fact, China has been at the forefront of the world, with many core technologies in batteries, motors, electronic control, and intelligence.
This technological advancement has been recognized not only domestically, but also by Germany, a traditional automotive powerhouse.
For example, at the beginning of this year, the local mainstream German TV station DW and the well-known German automotive media Auto Motor und Sport conducted a product evaluation of BYD Atto3 (Yuan PlUS), and finally they gave a high evaluation of BYD's car, DW even reported with a title titled "BYD Atto3 - Super Safe Chinese Electric Vehicle", and many netizens also gave high praise.
This fully shows that in the field of new energy vehicles, Chinese automobiles have indeed begun to rise, and even are in a leading position.