BYD Auto Industry Limited is the largest selling electric car company in China with sales in 2020 in excess of 415,000 cars.
At a signing ceremony today at Sydney Harbour, Nexport managing director Luke Todd and BYD Asia Pacific general manager Liu Xueliang signed (via zoom) an exclusive distribution agreement to supply the next generation of BYD passenger and commercial vehicles into the right-hand drive markets of Australia and Asia Pacific.
The European styled and designed BYD passenger models are expected to compete head-to-head with petrol/diesel models across categories in both performance and price. Pre-sales orders will be available by end of Q2 this year.
"This is exciting news for Australian consumers who will soon be able to access affordable, best of class electric vehicles in both the passenger and commercial space," said Todd.
"The right-hand markets have been undersupplied in the electric vehicle space and this agreement ensures certainty of local supply in these best of class electric vehicles."
Today's agreement further cements the existing supplier relationship with Nexport & BYD who already supply electric bus chassis for NSW government buses.
