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Brazil blacklists China’s BYD, how batteries might get a quality upgrade: 7 EV reads

From Telsa regaining world’s top spot to Chinese carmakers gaining rapid ground in Europe, here are seven EV stories you may have missed

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BYD’s electric-vehicle factory construction site in Camaçari, Brazil, in December 2024. Photo: Reuters
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1. Tesla outraces China’s BYD in pure electric car sales to regain world’s top spot

Tesla has regained the global pure electric vehicle (EV) crown for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2024, after its deliveries rose 6.5 per cent year on year in the three months ending March.

2. Chinese carmakers bet on solid-state batteries to drive next EV phase

SAIC Motor’s MG4 became the world’s first mass-produced model equipped with a semi-solid-state battery. Photo: AP
SAIC Motor’s MG4 became the world’s first mass-produced model equipped with a semi-solid-state battery. Photo: AP

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) batteries are set to become safer and more powerful, as carmakers including SAIC Motor and Chery Automobile outline road maps for the commercialisation of solid-state technology.

3. Brazil blacklists China EV giant BYD for its slave labour conditions

Brazil’s labour ministry on Tuesday added Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD to a registry of employers found to have subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery, limiting access to state financing and increasing reputational risks in its most important market outside China.

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