BYD team discusses plans for EVs with Lao PM

On June 6, Mr Liu Xueliang, the General Manager of BYD Asia-Pacific Auto Sales Division, Mr Ye Chenghui, the Regional Director of BYD Asia-Pacific Auto Sales Division, and Mr Mok Leng Tou, the President of MOK Co Ltd, BYD’s local partner in Laos, visited the Prime Minister of Laos in Vientiane, and both sides held an in-depth discussion on the use of new energy vehicles and the transition to electric vehicles.

During the meeting, Mr Liu Xueliang said that BYD’s cumulative sales of new energy vehicles exceeded 1.86 million units in 2022, an increase of 208.6 percent from the previous year, and the firm ranked high on the list of suppliers of new energy vehicles in the world.
Southeast Asia is a foreign market that BYD pays great attention to. Last March, BYD established the first overseas passenger car manufacturing unit in Thailand, and the firm hopes to have an auto parts factory in Laos in the future to support manufacturing. BYD will work with local partners in Laos to continuously improve passenger cars in Laos. The next major step for the firm will be the launch of the Plug-in Hybrid Model to meet long-distance travel needs of the people in Laos.       
Mr Sonexay Siphandone, the Prime Minister of the Lao PDR, said BYD is the leader in the new energy car sector in the world, and in Laos, BYD

is considered the first electric vehicle chosen by the Lao people. He congratulated the BYD company for its plans to build a factory in Laos and suggested a location in the Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone, which is a national-level cooperation project jointly established by the governments of China and Laos.
The implementation of this project will increase the consensus between China and Laos in promoting the use of electric vehicles in the country and the green low-pollution project, as well as encouraging the development of Vientiane to become a model for a low-carbon and environmentally friendly city.

By Advertorial Desk
 (Latest Update June 16, 2023)