On July 4, BYD held a ceremony for the completion of its Thai plant and the roll-off ceremony of the 8 million new energy vehicles in Rayong, Thailand, marking the beginning of a new chapter in BYD's globalization and accelerating its overseas strategy again. The Minister of Industry of Thailand, Pimpala Wichaikun, the Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Han Zhiqiang, the Secretary-General of the Board of Investment of Thailand, Nali Tsatilasa, and the Chairman and President of BYD, Wang Chuanfu, attended the ceremony.
BYD's Thailand plant took only 16 months from start of construction to production, with an annual production capacity of about 150,000 units, including four major process and parts plants for vehicles. At the same time, BYD also became the first car company in the world to achieve the 8 million new energy vehicles off the assembly line, and the Dolphin was unveiled as an off-line model at the Thai factory.
Pinpala Wichaikun highly appreciated BYD's outstanding contribution in the field of new energy vehicles: BYD is the world's top car manufacturer and a leader in China's new energy vehicle industry.
Ambassador Han Zhiqiang said that China and Thailand are good neighbors connected by mountains and rivers and good partners with a common destiny. As an outstanding representative of the global new energy vehicle industry, BYD's Thailand factory was officially completed and ushered in the 8 million new energy vehicles off the assembly line, which is not only an important milestone for BYD, but also a new milestone for the mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation between China and Thailand for new energy vehicles.
Wang Chuanfu, Chairman and President of BYD Co., Ltd., thanked the Chinese and Thai governments, Thai users and partners for their strong support. He said that BYD layout in the Thai market for only two years, it quickly won the recognition of the Thai market, has accumulated 18 months to win the Thai pure electric vehicle sales champion, and now every three pure electric vehicles sold in Thailand, one is BYD. In the future, BYD will launch more pure electric models in Thailand and introduce plug-in hybrid models, combining Thailand's first-class automobile manufacturing capacity with BYD's leading new energy technology to help the transformation and upgrading of Thailand's automobile industry chain.
As the global champion of new energy vehicles, BYD has vigorously expanded overseas markets in recent years. In 2023, BYD's passenger car export sales will be 243,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 337%. In the first half of this year, BYD sold 1.607 million new energy passenger vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 28.8%, and was the world's leading new energy vehicle company, of which overseas sales exceeded 203,000, a year-on-year increase of 173.8%, maintaining a strong growth momentum. At present, BYD's new energy vehicles have spread to more than 400 cities in 88 countries and regions around the world. In addition to Thailand, BYD also has passenger car production bases in Brazil, Hungary, Uzbekistan and other countries.
Since the "1 million new energy vehicles rolled off the assembly line" in May 2021, in just over three years, BYD has reached a new height of the 8 millionth unit, achieving leapfrog growth of new energy and once again rewriting the history of the global automobile industry. It is foreseeable that as BYD accelerates its march to the international market, it will continue to refresh the "acceleration" of Chinese brands in the future, promote the sustainable development of the global new energy vehicle market, and help the green transformation of the global automotive industry!