for the non-car guys amongst us
BYD Auto Co., Ltd. (
Chinese: 比亚迪汽车;
pinyin:
Bǐyàdí Qìchē) is the main
automotive subsidiary and brand of
BYD Company, a
publicly listed Chinese multinational
manufacturing company. It manufactures passenger
battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), collectively known as
new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China. It also produces
electric buses and
trucks. The company sells its vehicles under the main BYD brand and high-end vehicles under its
Denza,
Yangwang and
Fangchengbao brands.