In the world of electric vehicles， there’s a Chinese company outdoing Elon Musk’s Tesla. And it’s just getting started.
在电动汽车领域，一家中国车企正在超越埃隆·马斯克的特斯拉。而这仅仅是开始。
BYD， the Shenzhen-based Chinese EV1 champion， eclipsed Tesla in annual sales last year. Last week， it unveiled a revolutionary battery charging technology that it says adds 250 miles of range in five minutes， outpacing Tesla’s Superchargers， which take 15 minutes to add 200 miles. And last month， BYD launched “God’s Eye，”2 an advanced driver-assistance system rivaling Tesla’s Full Self-Driving3 feature， at no extra cost for most of its cars.
比亚迪是一家总部位于深圳的中国电动汽车领军企业，2024年的年销售额超过了特斯拉。上周，该公司推出了一项颠覆性的电池快充技术“兆瓦闪充”，据称可在5分钟内增加250英里（约400公里）续航，相较特斯拉的“超级充电技术”更胜一筹，后者需15分钟才能增加200英里（约320公里）续航。上个月，比亚迪发布了名为“天神之眼”的高阶智能驾驶辅助系统，其性能可比肩特斯拉的完全自动驾驶功能，且旗下多数车型无需额外付费即可搭载。
They’re just three examples of how BYD has been pulling ahead of Tesla. The company once laughed off by Musk is now effectively outperforming Tesla in sales， innovation and price competitiveness.
比亚迪全面赶超特斯拉的例子远不止这三个。曾被马斯克嘲笑的比亚迪，如今已在销量、技术创新和价格竞争力方面全面领先特斯拉。
“They’re not resting on their laurels4， as you can see from the God’s Eye announcement and from the fast-charging announcement，” Tu Le， founder and managing director of the consultancy firm Sino Auto Insights5， told CNN. “They’re content to push the envelope6 and set the pace for the whole world.”
中国汽车洞察咨询公司创始人兼董事总经理涂乐向美国有线电视新闻网表示：“尽管比亚迪接连发布‘天神之眼’和‘兆瓦闪充’两大卓越技术，比亚迪并未安于现状，而是精益求精，不断突破极限，引领全球发展。”
Having dominated its home market of China， the world’s largest auto market， BYD is starting to expand globally， with notable exceptions like the United States， a country it is effectively barred from due to 100% tariffs on its passenger cars.
比亚迪在中国本土市场这一全球最大汽车市场称霸后，开始拓展全球市场。美国市场是个特例，因该国对其乘用车征收100%关税，比亚迪事实上被挡在了美国市场的门外。
Here’s everything you need to know about the rise of the Chinese EV maker， and how it is upending7 the global market for clean-energy cars.
本文将介绍比亚迪的崛起之路，以及它如何重塑全球清洁能源汽车市场格局。
What is BYD？
比亚迪简介
Founded in 1995 by Wang Chuanfu in China’s megacity of Shenzhen， BYD is the country’s No 1 automaker. It exports its electric taxis， buses and other vehicles to markets across Europe， South America， Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
比亚迪由王传福于1995年在中国深圳创立，现已发展成为全国最大的汽车制造商。其电动出租车、电动公交车及其他车型广泛出口至欧洲、南美、东南亚和中东等地区。
In China， BYD accounted for 32% of last year’s total sales of new energy vehicles， which include hybrids， far outpacing Tesla’s 6.1% market share， according to the China Passenger Car Association8. （BYD makes both battery-powered cars as well as hybrids， while Tesla makes only fully electric vehicles powered by batteries.）
根据乘联分会的数据，2024年比亚迪在新能源汽车市场（包括混合动力车型）中占据32%的份额，远高于特斯拉的6.1%。（比亚迪同时生产纯电动汽车以及混合动力汽车，而特斯拉仅专注生产纯电动车。）
BYD reported $107 billion in sales for 2024， a 29% jump from the previous year， on deliveries of 4.27 million cars， including hybrids. By comparison， Tesla’s 2024 revenue was $97.7 billion， and it delivered 1.79 million battery-powered vehicles. Its annual deliveries declined for the first time last year by 1.1%.
比亚迪公布了2024年的营收数据，高达1070亿美元（约人民币7770亿元），同比增长29%，含混合动力汽车在内，全年交付量达到427万辆。
