BYD Dolphin shows how good China is getting

BYD Dolphin shows how good China is getting
BYD Dolphin is the firm's top export vehicle.
Matt Martel
Warren Willmot is building his dream. And it may just be a bit of a nightmare for some of New Zealand's better-known car brands.Willmot is the country head for the Chinese-listed car brand Build Your Dreams (BYD), which wants to take a big chunk of the government fleet market and 30% of the overall electric car market. Big dreams.BYD is making 250,000 cars a month, with capacity to build this to 400,000. It currently has 650,000 employees but is hiring a casual 150,000 more in the next few months. It has also ordered a ship (due to lau...

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