BYD to start operations at new $1 billion EV plant in Brazil · TechNode

BYD to start operations at new $1 billion EV plant in Brazil · TechNode

BYD announced Tuesday that its first locally made electric vehicle — a Dolphin family hatchback — has rolled off the assembly line at its plant in Camaçari, in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil, as the Chinese EV giant plans a major expansion in Latin America. BYD’s first facility on the continent has an initial annual production capacity of 150,000 battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Production of several models is expected to b…