Tesla Chinese Rival byd to Launch its Electric Car in Pakistan

The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker byd plans to start business in Pakistan. The Chinese EV company plans to launch its first electric car assembled in Pakistan next year. In this neighboring country of India, the company wants to take advantage of the increasing demand for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

According to a report by Reuters, setting up assembly plants in Pakistan will make BYD easier to fulfill the increasing demand in Emerging Markets. Apart from this, it will also be able to take advantage of the incentives being given by the Government of Pakistan. Byd’s plant is being built near Karachi. For this, the company has partnered with a Pakistan firm. At the beginning of this plant, the capacity double shift will have an annual 25,000 units assembled. The President of Byd Pakistan (Sales and Strategy), Danish Khaliq said that the plant would assemble the imparted parts and some non-electric components will have local manufacturing.

He said that byd’s initial plan is to assemble EV for Pakistan’s market. After this, the company can also export EV to some countries. Danish said that the demand for these vehicles is expected to increase. Last year, the sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in Pakistan were about 1,000 units.

Electric cars of BYD are being sold in India. Recently, byd launched Sealion 7 Electric SUV in the country. It is available in two variants – Premium RWD and Performance AWD. Its price is between about Rs 48.90 lakh to Rs 54.90 lakh (ex-showroom). The design of this electric SUV is similar to the company’s ‘Ocean Series’. Its cabin is with black theme. Sealion 7 has a 15.6 -inch rotable infotainment system and a 10.25 inch digital instrument cluster. Sealion 7 has a 15.6 -inch rotable infotainment system and a 10.25 inch digital instrument cluster. It has features such as crystal gear selector and driver monitoring systems, Bilanaire Elon Musk’s Tesla is getting a tough competition from Byd in the international market.