Silk Was Transported on the Silk Road a Millennium Ago, What Does BYD Transport on This Road Today?

A thousand years ago, camel caravans carried silk, porcelain, aromatic herbs, tea, slowly completing the long Silk Road journey.

In the summer of 2026, a new energy vehicle fleet composed of four brands from five networks: BYD Dynasty, Ocean, Denza, Fang Cheng Bao, and Yangwang, departed from the Tang West Market in Xi'an. Over 33 days and tens of thousands of kilometers, crossing six provinces in China, passing through Thailand and Malaysia, finally arriving in Singapore.

On the same road, camel bells turned into motor sounds, and stations became flash charging stations.

Green Energy Accompanies the Journey on the Silk Road, the protagonist on this ancient millennium-old road has changed to Chinese smart manufacturing.

The millennium token remains, only the "local specialty" has changed appearance

At the closing ceremony, the four major Silk Road civilization tokens: aromatic herbs, porcelain, silk, and tea made their first collective debut overseas.

A thousand years ago, these were the most precious hard currencies of East and West. What about today?

Aromatic herbs replaced by flash charging technology — 5 minutes to charge well, 9 minutes to charge full. Models equipped with the second-generation Blade Battery achieved charging from 10% to 70% in 5 minutes and up to 97% in 9 minutes at normal temperature. Even at 30 degrees Celsius below zero, it only adds 3 minutes. The fleet crossing six countries relied on the network support of nearly 10,000 flash charging stations nationwide, never being choked on energy replenishment. On August 28, BYD's 10,000th flash charging station was completed in Shenzhen.

Porcelain replaced by Sky-Eye Intelligent Driving — Over 220 million kilometers of real driving data daily are continuously iterated. For multi-thousand kilometer cross-country long trips, drivers do not need to stay tense throughout, the system shares most of the pressure. If this were in ancient times, how much would the camel herders envy this.

Silk replaced by Singapore sales champion for 19 consecutive months — As of July 2026, BYD ranked first in passenger car sales across all brands in Singapore for 19 consecutive months. From January to July this year, the market share reached 24.7%, accounting for 40.3% of the pure electric vehicle market. In a market like Singapore where car buying costs are among the highest in the world, BYD is not sold cheaply, but it sells well. Silk a thousand years ago was a luxury good; today, Chinese cars in Singapore are also "high-end goods".

Tea replaced by industrial output in 120 countries globally — Overseas cumulative sales exceeded 970,000 units in the first 7 months of this year, up about 76% year-on-year; 179,800 units in July alone, a surge of 124.3%. Thailand and Singapore top new energy sales, Italy and Spain top the new energy list, 38,000 units sold in the UK, nearly 100,000 units in Brazil continue to lead.

From "Shipping Out" to "Taking Root"

Ancient Silk Road trade was just about shipping things over and finishing.

Today's BYD is different. It doesn't just sell cars in Singapore and stop; it takes technical standards with it. Flash charging stations are deployed to 10,000 domestically, and overseas are landing synchronously. Brazil even incorporated BYD's charging standards into local regulations — This is not selling products, it is exporting rules.

16 retail touchpoints, core shopping center stores, high-end brand displays. In Singapore, BYD is not setting up street stalls, it is entering malls openly.

The Silk Road of a millennium ago exported produce, today's Silk Road exports technology, industry, and ecosystem.

On this road, Chinese brands are no longer just "passers-by"

33 days, tens of thousands of kilometers, from Xi'an to Singapore.

This road was walked by Xuanzang, Marco Polo walked it, countless camel caravans walked it. They carried silk, porcelain, faith, and stories.

Today, BYD has brought Chinese new energy vehicles through. Flash charging, intelligent driving, sales champion, global layout — these are "Silk Road specialties" of the new era.

The event theme is called "Tech for Innovation · Civilization for Unity". I think it's quite accurate. Technology changes, but the mission of this road connecting East and West remains unchanged. Previously it was camel caravans and station replenishment, today it is flash charging station energy supplementation. Only the method changes, the determination of Chinese brands going out does not.

Green Energy Accompanies the Journey on the Silk Road. A thousand years ago it was camel bells, today it is motors. Chinese brands will continue to walk this road.

💡 Interaction Topic: Do you think BYD's flash charging stations will one day be as widespread on the Silk Road as ancient stations? Chat in the comments.