BYD’s largest production plant has already built 1 million EVs in 2024 as annual sales soar
Chinese EV automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) continues demonstrating why it should be a name on your radar. The veteran company announced a significant milestone this month, sharing that its largest EV production facility in China has produced one million BYD vehicles this year for the first time ever. This stat is from one plant, not BYD’s global annual production tally. BYD is coming.
We say it all the time, but you should know the name BYD by now. BYD Auto will be celebrating 22 years of operation next month, and the OEM has been wielding all that production expertise in a big way in recent years specializing in developing and delivering a slew of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) it collectively classifies as new energy vehicles (NEVs).
We’ve told you the Chinese automaker was coming and doing so at a staggering rate. BYD has infiltrated several markets in Europe and found demand so high that it had to commission its own fleet of cargo chips to export its EVs to those markets.
With further expansions to other markets like Japan, as well as new production footprints outside of China, BYD has become an EV juggernaut and has the sales data to prove it. In November, we reported that BYD had sold a record 506,804 NEVs in November, topping its previous record of 502,657 set the month prior, marking the automaker’s second straight month crossing the 500,000 sales mark.
Those November sales, led by PHEVs (about 60% of the total), helped BYD reach its 2024 delivery goal a month ahead of schedule. To meet its growing demand, BYD has bolstered its EV production lines and recently reported another impressive milestone, building one million vehicles in less than a year.
BYD’s Xi’an production plant passes 1M EV builds in 2024
According to a WeChat post from the Xi’an Hi-tech Industries Development Zone administration committee on December 13, BYD’s largest EV production facility in China hit the one million build mark for the first time ever. The facility is located in Xi’an, in the Shaanxi province of northwest China, and has been in operation for 20 years.
BYD’s largest production facility operates four EV assembly lines simultaneously, capable of producing 4,000 to 4,400 vehicles per day. That’s more EVs than some OEMs make in a month. In 2022, the Xi’an region produced 1.02 million NEVs, and BYD’s production lines contributed 995,000, or 98% of that total.
This year, BYD has built one million NEVs at its Xi’an plant alone, and that doesn’t take into account vehicles built at its other eight EV production facilities around China including Shenzhen, Changsha, Changzhou, Hefei, Fuzhou, Jinan, Henan, and Xiangyang. Not to mention foreign production footprints in operation or under construction around the world including Brazil, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and an EV bus plant in the US.
CnEVPost points out that BYD is expecting to see its annual EV sales exceed 4 million for the first time in 2024 and has the production bandwidth to support that growing demand. Better still, the post said that BYD’s EV production in operation in Xi’an is only phase one and there are plans for a gradual expansion to a second phase, increasing its EV production capacity even further.
We may not see BYD EVs in the US anytime soon, but new models will continue to be sold all over the globe as the Chinese automaker appears determined to become the largest automaker on the planet.
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After several months of waiting, Lucid Air drivers now have access to Android Auto. Lucid (LCID) launched the popular feature through a software update this week.
Lucid Air owners gain access to Android Auto
Lucid promised it was coming, and now it’s finally here. “Android Auto is one of the most requested features,” according to Lucid’s head of software engineering, Dr Jean-Philippe Gauthier.
All Lucid Air vehicles now have access to Android Auto Smart Driving Companion through an OTA software update (Lucid OS 2.7.0).
You can now view Android apps, messages, and other media on Lucid’s massive 34″ Air Glass Cockpit. For those with Android 11 or higher, you can connect to Android Auto wirelessly. Those with Android 9.0 or higher will require a USB cable.
Lucid said it would launch the popular feature late last year, but it’s just beginning to roll out to Air owners this week. The company website says the Gravity SUV “will support both wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto,” but no further specifics are mentioned.
The 2025 Lucid Air is the “world’s most efficient car” with over 420 miles of EPA-estimated driving range. It also boasts the highest MPGe of any EV at 146 MPGe.
After resuming Gravity deliveries in April, Lucid is quickly ramping up production of its first electric SUV. Lucid expects to produce 20,000 vehicles this year, more than double the 9,000 it made last year.
The Lucid Gravity GT is now available for sale at $94,900, boasting an impressive range of up to 450 miles. Later this year, Lucid will launch the lower-priced Touring trim, starting at $79,900.
After launching its largest discounts to date earlier this month, Lucid is currently offering over $30,000 off select 2025 Air models.
Looking to test one out for yourself? You can use our links below to find current deals on the Lucid Air and Gravity near you.
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Another entry-level electric car is on the way. The Honda Super EV Concept may look a bit funky, but it could be the automaker’s next big hit at an affordable price.
Is Honda launching an affordable EV?
We will get our first full look at the funky new Super EV Concept at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, England, next month.
The concept will make its global debut during the event, previewing a “new, small-size” electric vehicle. Despite its compact size, the company promises that it will be fun to drive, with an experience that is “unique to Honda.”
Designed as an A-segment electric SUV, Honda says the affordable EV offers an “uplifting, heart-pounding driving experience.”
The company is already testing prototypes in the UK. Although Honda confirmed plans to launch a production model in the future, it didn’t specify a date or offer any other technical details.
Honda will also use the event to hold the European premiere of the electric 0 Series SUV. Earlier this year, we got a look at the upcoming electric SUV (also a bit funky looking) after a prototype was showcased at a Formula One event in Tokyo.
You can see Honda is using the same purple camouflage used for the 0 Series electric SUV to disguise it. The Super EV Concept looks like a futuristic successor to the Honda e. However, with a new EV platform, batteries, and motor, Honda’s new models look to be a significant upgrade.
The new EV SUV will be one of seven new electric vehicles Honda plans to launch by 2030. A production version of the Super EV concept is expected to join it.
The new Super EV Concept will make its official debut, climbing the 1.16-mile (1.856 km) hill course at Goodwood FOS, which runs from July 10 to July 13.
Will Honda launch its new entry-level EV in the US? According to a Nikkei report earlier this year, Honda plans to launch an affordable EV, priced under $30,000 in the US, following the 0 Series electric SUV and sedan.
We’ll have to wait until closer to launch for confirmation. Check back soon for more info. We’ll keep you updated with the latest.
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Tesla (TSLA) has reportedly told employees that it will pause production at Gigafactory Texas, where it produces Model Y and Cybertruck vehicles, for the second time in as many months.
In late May, Tesla extended a long weekend into a week-long production shutdown at Gigafactory Texas.
The move came amid lower demand and inventory buildups.
We reported earlier today that Tesla has to rent out empty parking lots around the US to use as overflow lots for its extra inventory.
Now, Tesla told employees that it is again shutting down Model Y and Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas over the first week of July.
With the Fourth of July being a Friday this year, it was going to be a long weekend, but Tesla again decided to extend the production shutdown from June 30th through the following week, according to employees talking to Business Insider.
Tesla claimed that it will enable the company to perform “maintenance and improvements on production lines.” Employees are being offered paid time off or to come in for training.
As we have previously reported, Tesla has been throttling down production of the Cybertruck in 2025 as sales are currently tracking about half of last year.
That’s despite having launched cheaper versions of the electric truck, gaining access to the federal tax credit for the Cybertruck, and offering bigger discounts and incentives.
Tesla reported a 13% decrease in deliveries in Q1 2025 compared to the same period last year, which the automaker attributed to its Model Y design changeover reducing production.
However, Tesla’s deliveries are currently tracking to be down even more in the second quarter compared to last year, despite Tesla having ramped up production.
Electrek’s Take
What’s going to be the excuse this quarter? As I reported earlier today, Tesla is currently tracking to deliver 355,000-360,000 units in Q2, which would be down 19-20% compared to 2024.
It would be an even steeper decline even with the new Model Y.
It clearly wasn’t the problem.
The automaker had already reduced its production capacity at most factories in 2024, when it ran at about 60% capacity due to lower demand.
Now, Tesla is stopping production of its best-selling Model Y with the new design twice in two months?
This is not looking good.
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