33 Days Spanning 10,000 Li, BYD Escorting Silk Road 10,000 Li Expedition Arrives in Singapore

August 25, in the Lion City of Singapore, the "2026 Silk Road 10,000 Li Journey · Enlightenment Road" concluded perfectly. As the travel partner for the entire event—the BYD New Energy Fleet—after 33 days, it set off from the starting point of the ancient Silk Road in Xi'an, crossed six provinces within the country, traveled through Thailand and Malaysia, and finally arrived in the Lion City of Singapore. Traversing the Silk Road accompanied by green energy, this 10,000-li journey perfectly showcased BYD's powerful technical strength.

Li Yunfei, General Manager of the Brand and Publicity Department of BYD Group, and Zhang Lianye, Party Secretary, Chairman, and Station Master of Shaanxi Radio, TV and Media Group (Station), jointly announced the successful conclusion of the event. 2026 marks the fifth anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and ASEAN, while the theme of this journey is "Technology Innovates, Civilization Unites". Many friends may have doubts, why did this event choose Xi'an and the Lion City of Singapore as the start and end points? Because our ancient capital Xi'an is the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, while Singapore is an important maritime hub connecting East and West.

In ancient times thousands of years ago, merchants traveled through the ancient Silk Road to transport goods, promote trade, and complete the transmission and exchange of technology and civilization. And today, our new energy vehicle industry picks up the baton, using smart technology, cultural integration, and economic and trade connectivity to witness the new era land and sea Silk Road resonating with new civilizational echoes, intuitively demonstrating the era value of "Belt and Road" land-sea linkage development. BYD cars are well-received in the Singaporean car market, and sales in the entire overseas market continue to rise. According to statistics, overseas sales exceeded 970,000 vehicles from January to July, with tracks reaching over 120 countries and regions worldwide.

The BYD fleet for this journey was powerful, with models from BYD's Dynasty Series, Ocean Series, Fang Cheng Bao brand, and Yang Wang brand all participating. Facing complex road conditions such as highways, mountain roads, urban congestion, and other scenarios, a substantial and rigorous test was completed, or rather a very severe trial. Because this ultra-long distance + complex road condition crossing test requires vehicles to possess extremely strong intelligent driving capabilities and, most importantly, charging speed.

It is gratifying that BYD's Flash Charge and God's Eye Assist Driving System, two core technologies, withstood the 10,000-li real-world test: The flash charging capability of "5 minutes to charge enough, 9 minutes to fill up" allows vehicles to maintain sufficient range, greatly reducing unnecessary time loss. "5 minutes to charge enough, 9 minutes to fill up" when we go to work or travel daily, this might just be a very short time parameter. But in the cross-border journey spanning 10,000 li, charging efficiency becomes crucial, because charging efficiency will affect the schedule efficiency of the entire fleet.

On the other hand, the God's Eye Intelligent Assist Driving System also withstood the rigorous test of real roads. In a long-distance driving process, what truly makes people feel tired is often not the complexity of a certain road condition, but rather continuous driving for multiple hours without stopping, which is what drivers find most difficult to bear. God's Eye relies on a large amount of real road data for continuous iteration, providing driving assistance in scenarios such as highways and urban elevated roads, making long-distance driving more comfortable. According to statistics, its average daily real driving data has exceeded 220 million kilometers. So the significance of this is that BYD does not keep technology on the press conference and parameter tables, but directly drives the vehicles 10,000 li away, using real roads to verify technology.

The final destination of this event, Singapore, is also worthy of our attention. As of July 2026, BYD has ranked first in passenger car sales across all brands in Singapore for a consecutive 19 months. From January to July this year, BYD passenger car market share in Singapore reached 24.7%, and the pure electric market share reached 40.3%. It should be known that Singapore is one of the markets with higher car ownership costs globally. Simply put, the threshold for buying a car in Singapore is very high, so consumers in Singapore adopt a very cautious attitude when choosing cars. Under the cautious attitude of consumers, BYD sales still maintain the lead, indicating that BYD products are gaining recognition from more and more overseas consumers.

Currently, BYD has established 16 retail touchpoints in Singapore, and some stores have even entered local core shopping centers. Turning our vision to the globe, from January to July this year, BYD's cumulative overseas sales have exceeded 970,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of about 76%; overseas sales in July reached 179,800 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 124.3%. As of now, BYD new energy vehicles have entered over 120 countries and regions worldwide. From Thailand and Singapore to Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Africa, the presence of Chinese new energy vehicles can be seen in an increasing number of places.

This Silk Road 10,000 Li journey combined Silk Road culture exploration with new energy vehicle cross-border travel, presenting the latest progress of Chinese brands participating in the green traffic development of countries jointly building the "Belt and Road". Traversing the Silk Road accompanied by green energy, BYD leveraged the Silk Road exploration to further elevate the status of our independent new energy vehicles in the overseas car market. At the same time, it allowed our new energy vehicle industry chain, intelligent manufacturing, and service concepts to take root in the global car market, ultimately fully realizing the concepts of green travel and environmental protection.