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How Chinese company BYD went from battery maker to dominant EV manufacturer

NPR | By Paddy Hirsch,
Darian Woods
Published January 26, 2024 at 3:16 AM MST

To get to the top, it took a mix of obsessive attention to detail, scale, government support and guitar-string-related quirks. Can BYD can crack the U.S. market?

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Paddy Hirsch
Darian Woods
Darian Woods is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.
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