China’s largest electric vehicle maker BYD said last month it had stopped making vehicles with internal combustion engines and now only produces pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
“In the future, BYD will focus on pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the automotive sector,” the company said in a statement submitted to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 3.
BYD will not completely stop producing gasoline engines as small, high-performance engines will continue to be used in plug-in hybrids.
The move comes in response to Beijing’s pledge to boost green energy consumption to peak carbon emissions by 2030.
BYD is among six automakers, including Volvo, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar Land Rover, that have signed up for a global campaign to phase out combustion engine vehicles. in the year 2040.
BYD sold 104,878 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in March, up sharply from just 24,218 a year earlier – marking its highest monthly sales ever. Of these, BYD sold 53,664 pure electric vehicles, 50,674 plug-in hybrids and 540 commercial vehicles.
The company also announced that it will continue to provide comprehensive services and spare parts throughout the lifecycle to customers currently using fossil fuel vehicles.
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