BYD, the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the world, has announced that it will construct an industrial complex in northeastern Brazil. Headquartered in China, BYD has surpassed Tesla in sales in its local market and is now threatening to challenge Tesla’s supremacy on the global stage.
BYD’s global vice president Stella Li made the announcement during a packed event in early July, stating that the company’s dream is to build the northeastern state of Bahia into a center of high technology and innovation. The company will invest $620 million (3 billion Brazilian reals) in constructing a factory in Camacari close to Salvador, the capital of Bahia.
The facility will manufacture battery electric vehicles and hybrid cars and is expected to create more than 5,000 new job opportunities for Brazilians. It will also boost local electric vehicle production and grant Brazilians access to more affordable EVs. The complex will comprise three plants and will be installed at the Camacari Industrial park on land that was previously used by a Ford plant.
Operations at the complex will begin next year. One of the plants will work exclusively on electric and hybrid cars with an estimated annual production rate of 150,000 cars, the second will focus on building chassis for electric buses and trucks, and the third facility will develop lithium and iron phosphate for export.
The announcement of the Camacari BYD complex is a big win for the Brazil president Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, who plans on reindustrializing the country with help from China. In 2022, another Chinese EV manufacturer said that it would spend $1.9 billion building hybrid and EV production facilities over the next decade.
And while BYD will take over property that previously served American auto manufacturer Ford, Great Wall Motors will use an old Mercedes Benz facility. Experts predict that the partnership between China and Brazil could be a major boon for Brazilian workers and the economy.
Political scientist and author Mauricio Santo noted that there is no geopolitical tension between China and Brazil, meaning Chinese companies face zero restrictions in Brazil. Huawei, for instance, has been banned in Western nations such as the United States, but the company is still operating in Brazil with no political or economic restrictions.
Santo also says that BYD will leverage the facility to spread its influence through the region, using Brazil as a platform to export hybrid and electric vehicles to South American nations like Chile and Argentina.
It looks like these companies are bringing the competition to North American-based EV makers such as Lucid Motors (NASDAQ: LCID). Consumers are the likely beneficiaries when all manufacturers up their game in order to gain an edge over the competition.
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