BYD Safeguards Silk Road 10,000 Mile Expedition Wrap-up; Singapore Becomes Window for Chinese Automotive Exports Again

August 25, the "2026 Silk Road 10,000 Mile Expedition · Enlightenment Road" officially concluded in Singapore. As the travel partner for the entire event, BYD's Dynasty, Ocean, Denza, Fang Cheng Bao, and Yangwang formed a new energy vehicle fleet, lasting 33 days, traveling over 10,000 kilometers. Departing from Xi'an, it crossed six provinces in China and passed through Thailand and Malaysia, finally arriving in Singapore.

Compared to ordinary road tests, the biggest highlight of this journey lies in vehicles truly experiencing continuous use over long distances, across regions, and with varied road conditions. Highways, mountain roads, urban congestion, and other scenarios appeared in turns, giving technologies such as Flash Charge and Divine Eye Assisted Driving a testing environment closer to daily long-distance travel.

Among them, Flash Charge technology focuses on "5 minutes to charge well, 9 minutes to fully charge", further reducing sensitivity to charging time for long-distance pure electric travel; the Divine Eye Assisted Driving system relies on a large amount of real road data for continuous iteration, helping to reduce driving burden during long-distance driving. For new energy vehicles, parameters are one aspect, but the ability to use stably in complex real scenarios is obviously more important.

Choosing Singapore for the wrap-up of this event also has practical significance. As of July 2026, BYD has ranked first in total brand sales of passenger cars in Singapore for 19 consecutive months. From January to July this year, BYD's market share in local passenger cars reached 24.7%, and its pure electric market share reached 40.3%. Currently, BYD has laid out 16 retail touchpoints in Singapore, with some stores entering core shopping centers.

This also reflects changes in Chinese automotive exports. In the past, more emphasis was placed on product exports and sales growth, while now there is increasing focus on channel construction, local services, and long-term brand management.

In the first 7 months of 2026, BYD's overseas cumulative sales exceeded 970,000 units, a year-on-year increase of about 76%, with new energy vehicle business entering over 120 countries and regions worldwide. From Southeast Asia to Europe, South America, and the Middle East, Chinese new energy vehicles are building their product and brand awareness in an increasing number of markets.

From Xi'an to Singapore, this ten-thousand-mile journey is both a cross-border new energy travel practice and reflects that Chinese automotive globalization is entering a deeper stage. Truly entering overseas markets ultimately relies on long-term management, technical adaptation, and local services. Deeply cultivating the local market to jointly create a green future might also be the keyword for the next stage of Chinese automotive exports.