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The BYD Seagull is the car that made waves when it arrived in its maker’s native domestic market in 2023 as one of the very cheapest EVs in the world. As far as European buyers are concerned – and a l

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China’s champion electric-vehicle manufacturer is outselling Tesla and Volkswagen in the global EV race—and a spate of new factories could help it dominate markets outside China. How BYD and its globe-trotting No. 2, Stella Li, are spending billions and flexing their soft power.

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see if the third all-new EV from this nascent luxury brand is as compelling as its spec sheet and unique look suggest We’ve long been promised cars of quite different shapes an

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APPLE HAS BEEN well known in the computer world for decades, but it was arguably the iPhone of 2007 that made it a household name. Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz is already one of the biggest brands in the