Recently, Deutsche Welle released a report, mainly about the Austrian government's intention to purchase BYD electric vehicles as official cars, two major Austrian newspapers "News" and "Standard" launched a heated discussion on this, and then two voices appeared, supporters believe that BYD cars have obvious advantages in terms of performance and price can be used as official cars, opponents believe that the choice of BYD is to accelerate the rise of China's new energy vehicles.
But having said that, since the Austrian government has this idea to buy BYD's car, it shows that BYD car is very popular in overseas markets, after all, BYD's new energy passenger car business has covered 19 European countries and regions.
Moreover, BYD received media attention when it entered the European market at the beginning of the year, and the local mainstream TV station DW Deutsche Welle and well-known German automotive media tested and gave wide praise to BYD Atto3, and it is estimated that their locals have an in-depth understanding of this Chinese car brand.
In fact, in the era of fuel vehicles, it is difficult for Chinese auto brands to open overseas markets, and the domestic market is almost monopolized by joint venture brands. However, in the era of new energy vehicles, Chinese auto brands have become global leaders in new energy vehicles, according to the "Global EV Outlook 2023" report released by the International Energy Agency in the first half of 2023, China's electric vehicle sales account for 60% of global electric vehicle sales, and this data can see the rapid development of China's new energy vehicles.
Of course, selling cars in Europe is just the beginning, BYD will also make cars in Europe, and has announced the construction of a new energy passenger car production base in Hungary, to put it bluntly, it is to accelerate the new energy of the European automobile market through its own strong industrial chain advantages, and at the same time help the local build a green ecosystem.