BYD’s rise is one of the most consequential industrial stories in modern automotive history: a battery maker that became a global force in electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles by treating electrification as a manufacturing system, not a marketing trend. From Shenzhen’s battery lines to worldwide factories and export markets, this book traces how vertical integration, cost discipline, and relentless scale-up turned EVs from niche technology into everyday products. The result is a clear, fact-driven narrative of how batteries became cars and why manufacturing capability is once again the decisive battleground.

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