{"id":886,"date":"2023-04-22T03:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T03:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizuget.com\/en\/?p=886"},"modified":"2023-04-22T03:03:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T03:03:30","slug":"teslas-price-war-in-china-backfires-as-byd-sales-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizuget.com\/en\/marketing\/auto\/teslas-price-war-in-china-backfires-as-byd-sales-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla\u2019s price war in China backfires as BYD sales surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla\u2019s move to slash prices in China has backfired as Elon Musk\u2019s company loses market share to Warren Buffett-backed BYD, putting Chinese carmakers on track to sell more passenger vehicles than their foreign rivals for the first time in 2023.<\/p>\n

Tesla last year started cutting prices on its cars in a bid to reclaim lost ground in the cut-throat Chinese market, sparking a price war in the country that has hit European, Japanese and other US carmakers.<\/p>\n

Chinese consumers responded by favouring cheaper, newer models by BYD. In the first two months of the year, the Shenzhen-based group sold more than five times the number of units that Tesla did in China.<\/p>\n

The US carmaker\u2019s decision to cut prices in October was a \u201cnuclear\u201d option that triggered most of the industry to follow suit, said Bill Russo, founder of Shanghai-based consultancy Automobility and the former head of Chrysler in China.<\/p>\n

\u201cForeign brands are clearly bleeding market share and we therefore expect 2023 to be the first full calendar year in which local brands outperform global brands in terms of sales volume,\u201d Russo said. Last year, Chinese carmakers accounted for 47 per cent of total passenger vehicle sales, according to Automobility data.<\/p>\n

BYD\u2019s strong financial performance heralds the formidable Chinese conglomerate\u2019s ascendance. The group\u2019s vertically integrated structure \u2014 from mines to batteries and chips \u2014 has given it an advantage as the global car industry works to transition away from the combustion engine.<\/p>\n

\u00a0BYD chair Wang Chuanfu<\/strong> said on Wednesday he expected first-quarter sales to jump 80 per cent year on year and weak competitors to be \u201celiminated\u201d after the group reported a more than 400 per cent surge in net profit for 2022 to Rmb16.6bn ($2.4bn).<\/p>\n

In January and February, BYD\u2019s share of plug-in hybrid and battery car sales in the world\u2019s biggest car market increased to more than 40 per cent from 34 per cent last year, while Tesla\u2019s eased slightly to 7.8 per cent.<\/p>\n

Li Taotao, a 26-year-old engineering researcher who asked to be identified by her nickname, bought a BYD Qin Plus DM-i vehicle, a plug-in hybrid with a price tag of Rmb99,800, in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like foreign-branded cars are all relatively high-priced. If domestic brands do such a good job, why not?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s price cuts and the ensuing price war among most major electric vehicle brands in China comes at the same time Beijing is removing generous state subsidies after spending more than $120bn since 2009 to support the industry.<\/p>\n

China boasts one of the world\u2019s most advanced EV markets. However, car sales are generally down as the country emerges from strict pandemic restrictions that have slowed economic growth.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers warned in a statement last week that the sector now faced \u201csharply rising inventories and mounting operational pressure\u201d with the slump in sales worsening over the past month.\u00a0Foreign carmakers that once ruled the Chinese market have been among the worst hit as demand for EVs slows.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In the first two months of 2023, year-on-year passenger sales volume by Chinese companies softened by 1 per cent. German groups were down 21 per cent, Japanese companies declined 40 per cent, Korean automakers slid 25 per cent and US carmakers fell 13 per cent.<\/p>\n

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Tesla\u2019s move to slash prices in China has backfired as Elon Musk\u2019s company loses market share to Warren Buffett-backed BYD, putting Chinese carmakers on track to sell more passenger vehicles than their foreign rivals for the first time in 2023. Tesla last year started cutting prices on its cars in a bid to reclaim lost ground in the cut-throat Chinese market, sparking a price war in the country that has hit European, Japanese and other US carmakers. Chinese consumers responded by favouring cheaper, newer models by BYD. In the first two months of the year, the Shenzhen-based group sold more than five times the number of units that Tesla did in China. The US carmaker\u2019s decision to cut prices in October was a \u201cnuclear\u201d option that triggered most of the industry to follow suit, said Bill Russo, founder of Shanghai-based consultancy Automobility and the former head of Chrysler in China. \u201cForeign brands are clearly bleeding market share and we therefore expect 2023 to be the first full calendar year in which local brands outperform global brands in terms of sales volume,\u201d Russo said. Last year, Chinese carmakers accounted for 47 per cent of total passenger vehicle sales, according to Automobility data. BYD\u2019s strong financial performance heralds the formidable Chinese conglomerate\u2019s ascendance. The group\u2019s vertically integrated structure \u2014 from mines to batteries and chips \u2014 has given it an advantage as the global car industry works to transition away from the combustion engine. \u00a0BYD chair Wang Chuanfu said on Wednesday he expected first-quarter sales to jump 80 per cent year on year and weak competitors to be \u201celiminated\u201d after the group reported a more than 400 per cent surge in net profit for 2022 to Rmb16.6bn ($2.4bn). In January and February, BYD\u2019s share of plug-in hybrid and battery car sales in the world\u2019s biggest car market increased to more than 40 per cent from 34 per cent last year, while Tesla\u2019s eased slightly to 7.8 per cent. Li Taotao, a 26-year-old engineering researcher who asked to be identified by her nickname, bought a BYD Qin Plus DM-i vehicle, a plug-in hybrid with a price tag of Rmb99,800, in February. \u201cI feel like foreign-branded cars are all relatively high-priced. If domestic brands do such a good job, why not?\u201d she said. Tesla\u2019s price cuts and the ensuing price war among most major electric vehicle brands in China comes at the same time Beijing is removing generous state subsidies after spending more than $120bn since 2009 to support the industry. China boasts one of the world\u2019s most advanced EV markets. However, car sales are generally down as the country emerges from strict pandemic restrictions that have slowed economic growth. \u00a0The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers warned in a statement last week that the sector now faced \u201csharply rising inventories and mounting operational pressure\u201d with the slump in sales worsening over the past month.\u00a0Foreign carmakers that once ruled the Chinese market have been among the worst hit as demand for EVs slows. In the first two months of 2023, year-on-year passenger sales volume by Chinese companies softened by 1 per cent. German groups were down 21 per cent, Japanese companies declined 40 per cent, Korean automakers slid 25 per cent and US carmakers fell 13 per cent.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto"],"yoast_head":"\nTesla\u2019s price war in China backfires as BYD sales surge - Bizuget.com l EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bizuget.com\/en\/marketing\/auto\/teslas-price-war-in-china-backfires-as-byd-sales-surge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tesla\u2019s price war in China backfires as BYD sales surge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tesla\u2019s move to slash prices in China has backfired as Elon Musk\u2019s company loses market share to Warren Buffett-backed BYD, putting Chinese carmakers on track to sell more passenger vehicles than their foreign rivals for the first time in 2023. 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