BYD’s megafactory expansion positions it to overtake Tesla in global EV production

BYD’s megafactory in Zhengzhou, China, dwarfs Tesla’s biggest ￰0￱ in Austin, Texas, and satellite imagery confirms that it is ￰1￱ company is reportedly on track to outshine Tesla as the world’s largest EV maker this year despite slowing ￰2￱ Chinese EV giant reportedly has a simple strategy for outperforming Tesla: outbuild the ￰3￱ EV maker began construction of the Zhengzhou megafactory in late 2021, and production started two years later, in ￰4￱ media reports that the plant produced 540,000 units in 2024 at a rate of one car every ￰5￱ images confirm that BYD’s Zhengzhou megafactory has more than doubled in size since ￰6￱ company added a 15,300-square-meter racing circuit with a 70-meter wading pool as it continues to grow at a rapid ￰7￱ Wade pool is designed for the Yangwang U8, BYD’s $150,000 SUV, which can float in water for short periods and features an underwater observation ￰8￱ circuit, which was opened in August, also features a 29-meter-high sand ￰9￱ gears up for more expansion in Zhengzhou The EV giant recently disclosed that it received the government’s conditional environmental approval for several construction ￰10￱ to the company’s planning documents, the new construction projects include the expansion of BYD’s battery production ￰11￱ project is under BYD’s mold production line subsidiary, Zhengzhou Fudi Battery ￰12￱ EV maker’s planning documents also show that it is preparing to construct a new battery protection plate production line at an estimated cost of $16 ￰13￱ new facility is expected to churn out nearly 4.7 million battery protection plates per ￰14￱ analysis of BYD’s satellite imagery suggests that the entire megafactory spans approximately 22.5 square kilometres, compared to Tesla’s 3.53 square kilometres in ￰15￱ EV maker eventually plans to expand Zhengzhou’s production capacity to 1.8 million vehicles every ￰16￱ media claims this is more than the vehicles Tesla produced across all its factories in ￰17￱ opens mega factory in Brazil The EV automaker opened another mega factory in Brazil in ￰18￱ guests, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, attended the inauguration of the mega factory in Camacari, Bahia ￰19￱ mega factory was built at a cost of approximately $980 million and is the largest BYD factory outside of ￰20￱ Camacari plant is built on a former Ford site and is expected to begin production with an annual capacity of at least 150,000 ￰21￱ production capacity is expected to increase to 300,000 units per year in the second phase, and up to 600,000 at full capacity.

“This factory represents the recovery of the dignity of the people of Camacari and the people of ￰22￱ is sovereignty and dignity.” – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva , President of Brazil The Brazilian president also said that what came after Ford’s exit will be much ￰23￱ added that the Chinese project will also foster technological transformation in the ￰24￱ Chuanfu, BYD’s CEO, stated that Brazil has advantages as a production site due to its abundant and unique clean energy ￰25￱ executive also pointed out that Brazil has a diverse and open society that readily adopts new ￰26￱ Li, BYD’s Brazil President, also claimed that the EV maker will capitalize on Brazil’s natural ￰27￱ added that his company has innovated batteries that combine safety, low environmental impact, and ￰28￱ disclosed that the company is also exploring the development of solar power generation ￰29￱ Almeida, Bahia’s Secretary of Economic Development, said the arrival of BYD represents the rebirth of Camacari’s automotive ￰30￱ pointed out that the Brazil mega factory started production with semi-assembled units and will advance to full production in the second half of ￰31￱ Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes