Wang Chuanfu: BYD to Be No. 1 Globally in Five Years

On June 9, BYD held the 2025 Annual Shareholders' Meeting. Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu's speech also coveredshort-term performance, technical R&D, intelligent driving, overseas strategy, and long-term goalsand many other aspects.

"During the first quarter of this year, new energy vehicles experienced their darkest moment."

Starting from January 2026, the purchase tax policy for new energy vehicles was halved, leading to front-loaded demand at the end of last year, causing a significant drop in the retail penetration rate of new energy passenger cars. Since BYD only produces new energy vehicles, it was inevitably affected.

"The worst is over."

With the release of the 2nd Gen Blade Battery and Flash Charging technology in March, BYD orders began to recover. Sales in May started to turn positive, and operating cash flow is expected to gradually recover to a good level by the end of the year.

"This year's sales depend on battery capacity."

The 2nd Gen Blade Battery capacity is still insufficient and is currently ramping up by an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 units per month. After our capacity ramps up next year, we believe we will focus on both the domestic and international markets.

"Five years later, in terms of scale, BYD will be able to become the true global No. 1."

In the next three to five years, BYD will continue to maintain sustained growth. Relying on the 2nd Gen Blade Battery, Flash Charging technology, and new technologies to be launched in the coming years, the domestic and foreign markets are expected to achieve dual-wheel drive, forming a virtuous interaction, and taking Chinese technology to the global stage.

"The automotive industry was once filled with various flashy trends, but actually, cars are transportation tools involving safety."

Less trickery, less flashiness. Return to the basics, perfect technology and products, to gain recognition from mid-to-high-end consumers.

"BYD will not 'hoard' the Flash Charging technology."

BYD Logo will not be displayed on charging piles; the Flash Charging ecosystem will serve all car brands and all consumers. Good technology should serve not only BYD but also the entire industry. The cooperation with Sinopec will greatly promote the expansion of Flash Charging technology.

"Vehicle intelligence is Embodied AI."

BYD already has 3.15 million intelligent driving vehicles deployed globally, generating over 200 million kilometers of intelligent driving related driving data daily. The scale of intelligent driving R&D engineers exceeds 5,000. Cumulative future investment will exceed 100 billion.

"L3 and L4 in the future will definitely land earlier."

BYD has already made sufficient preparations in chips (the 4nm intelligent driving chip Xuanji A3 was just released recently), algorithms, data, and ecosystems, including training centers in Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, etc. Once regulations come into effect, BYD will launch a full series of products meeting L3 requirements.

"The overseas sales target of 1.5 million vehicles set for 2026 at the beginning of the year is now expected to be surpassed."

Chinese car companies represented by BYD have already surpassed many local peers in product competitiveness, price, experience, and technology.

"Localization must be done well in overseas markets."

BYD has built a production base mainly in Brazil in South America. The Hungary factory in Europe is about to start production, and the Thailand factory in Southeast Asia has already started production. Exports should not only grow but also maintain localized services to achieve win-win and co-development with local partners.

"BYD has 120,000 engineers; this is the company's true wealth."

The engineer culture has successors, so no need to worry. I spend half of my week participating in technical meetings and communicating with engineers. "Swimming in the ocean of technology" is what interests me most.