BYD (Build Your Dreams), the world’s top New Energy Vehicle (NEV) manufacturer, has announced that it will enter the passenger vehicle market in Pakistan in cooperation with the local partner Mega Conglomerate Pvt. Ltd. (Mega). It signifies another milestone for BYD, representing its entry into one of South Asia’s largest markets, as the brand continues to bring innovative and accessible eco-friendly solutions to global consumers.
The signing ceremony took place during the BYD Asia Pacific Dealer Conference event in Xi’an, China, in the presence of Liu Xueliang, General Manager of BYD Asia Pacific Auto Sales Division; Zhang Jie, Vice General Manager of BYD Asia Pacific Auto Sales Division and Aly Khan, Executive Director of Mega.
Signing Ceremony
Mr. Liu Xueliang, General Manager of BYD Asia Pacific Auto Sales Division, welcomed Mega to the BYD family and said: “In 2023, BYD’s annual sales of New Energy Vehicle (BEV+PHEV) exceeded 3 million units, underlining its position as the global leader and champion of new energy vehicle sales for the second year in a row.”
He further said that as an important part of BYD’s global vision of cooling the earth by 1 degree, our partnership with Mega in Pakistan exemplifies our shared vision for a cleaner, greener future. Together with Mega, we are poised to introduce innovative new energy vehicle solutions that will not only provide the most accessible green products to the local customers but also accelerate the electrification of Pakistan’s automotive industry.
Commenting on the momentous occasion, Aly Khan, Executive Director of Mega, stated: “As one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates, we are thrilled to embark on this transformative journey with BYD. By combining our strengths and resources, we aim to catalyze the widespread adoption of EVs in Pakistan, driving positive change and ushering in a new era of sustainable mobility.”
Khan also stated that we will move aggressively for EV adoption in the country. With the significant opening of the first three BYD flagship showrooms in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad in 2024, we aim to provide customers with the opportunity to experience BYD’s world-leading new energy vehicle technology and an unparalleled retail experience where customers will be able to place orders directly.
BYD Auto
Founded in 2003, BYD Auto is the automotive subsidiary of BYD, a multinational high-tech company devoted to leveraging technological innovations for a better life. Aiming to accelerate the green transition of the global transportation sector, BYD Auto focuses on developing pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The company has mastered the core technologies of the entire industrial chain of new energy vehicles, such as batteries, electric motors, and electronic controllers. It has witnessed in recent years significant technological advancements, including the Blade Battery, DM-i Super Hybrid Technology, e Platform 3.0, CTB Technology, e⁴ Platform, BYD DiSus Intelligent Body Control System, and DMO super hybrid platform.
About Mega
Mega is one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates, owning and operating a diversified portfolio of businesses that include shipping, logistics, terminals, cement, real estate, dairy, oil and gas, mining, and energy utilities. Additionally, the group, through its holdings in the Hub Power Company, has the largest installed electric generation capacity by a private entity in the country.
According to a recent article from New-York post, publishing the results from Emissions Analytics, the study found that if ev are neutral of CO2, its production pollution overtake ICE car production, and generate more particules pollution with breaks use, since EV are heavier, thus require stronger breaks, and thus increase another kind of pollution in usage.
Byd won’t be better
It is even worse considering we are a country were they are no ev station
The EV aren’t a good solution.
It seem some brands were right to not shift to EV in Hurry
Like i said few weeks ago, we have the tendency for copying the West without learning from their mistake
@ Waqas
Last time I shared proper studies and articles pointing to the opposite of what you are saying. Here are some more recent articles, again, pointing to studies saying exactly the opposite what you are parroting.
*https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/26/electric-cars-air-pollution-problem-brakes-tyres
“On the brake front, electric cars generally produce less particulate matter because they use regenerative brakes to stop, according to Euan McTurk, a battery chemist who has examined the particulate issue for the RAC. EV brakes wear down much slower, he said.
The German tyre maker Continental said vehicle and tyre design is less important in determining wear than driving style and the curves of the road (a point also made by Molden). A Continental spokesperson said: “In principle, EVs do not produce more particulates than an otherwise similar internal combustion engine vehicle just because of the battery-induced increased weight.”
Tire-wear is higher on EVs, granted, but NOT as high as some claim it to be. Tires made for EVs by the tires manufacturers are specially designed with new thread patterns that are intended for increasing battery range by decreasing rolling resistance.
Here is an other link with pretty much the same info.
*https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electric-vehicles-air-pollution
Can you please share this miracle article/study with all the answers? This makes the third time you have talked about it. Can you please also share what their sources are for their claims/information?
Well too bad i tried to share the links, an hour ago but it wasn’t published, it seem Pakwheels don’ like it
well just look for ev pollution new york post, ev pollution emissions analytics you should foud it quickly
@waqas
*https://nypost.com/2024/03/05/business/evs-release-more-toxic-emissions-are-worse-for-the-environment-study/
I found the article that you mentioned. That article points to an old study by the emissions data firm ‘Emissions Analytics’. The study is originally from 2020. At that time, they claimed that the particulate emissions from tire-wear from EVs was 1000 time worse than normal cars. Two years later, in 2022, they increased it to 1850 times worse. 🤔😕🤷♂️
First, the study itself makes mention, several times, of the fact that the particulate emissions from the tires depends on the style of driving more than anything else. A point that was made by a Continental Tires rep. in one of the links I shared and pointed to in my comment. If you drive aggressively, yeah, you can burn through even an ICE car’s tires pretty quickly. See any episode of Top gear where they were doing their testing on a new supercar.
The NYpost article also wrongly assumes that EV Breaks wear out faster even though there has been clear evidence for years now, with many EV owners input, that EV breaks last much, much longer due to Regenerative breaking.
In one of the links I provided previously, the RAC from UK, have answered these issues very clearly in their findings with real-world examples:
*https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/running/do-electric-vehicles-produce-more-tyre-and-brake-pollution-than-petrol-and/
“…in EVs, the overwhelming majority of braking can be done via regenerative braking. ”
“High mileage electric vehicle fleets across the country will testify to the reduced wear and increased lifespan of brakes on EVs compared to those on petrol or diesel vehicles.”
“…Ryan Todd, director of Dundee Taxi Rentals – one of several electric taxi fleet operators in the city – notes that his 11 electric Nissan Leaf taxis typically have a brake pad lifespan of 80,000 to 100,000 miles, ”
“A press release by Emissions Analytics suggested that particulate matter pollution from car tyre wear can be 1,000 times higher than car exhaust emissions, and that car tyres may produce as much as 9.28 grams of particulate matter per mile, or 5.8 grams per kilometre. This is, however, a worst-case scenario – a crucial point that is not mentioned in the press release and which has consequently led to the ‘1,000 times higher than car exhaust emissions’ finding being widely reported in the media. Some common-sense calculations show how extreme this case is.
A typical 16” family car tyre weighs around 9 kg, so four of them on a vehicle gives a total weight of 36 kg. That’s not just the tread, but the full tyres. If a car did shed 9.28 grams of particulate matter per mile from the tyres, then the car tyres would physically disappear – and the car would be running on its alloys – in less than 4,000 miles.
In reality, the tread of a tyre is about 35% of the tyre’s total weight, so the tyres would be bald in less than 1,358 miles, or two months’ worth of driving for the average UK driver.
So, we now know that tyre wear is nowhere near as big a contributor to particulate matter emissions as some media coverage has suggested in the past. However, if electric vehicles are heavier than petrol or diesel cars, do they wear out their tyres faster? Firstly, modern electric vehicles aren’t actually that much heavier than many modern petrol or diesel cars, especially with the recent trend towards bigger and heavier SUVs.”
The study pointed to by the article you keep mentioning by the NY Post only reflects the worst-case-scenario and not the real-world data.
The second thing is, the weight of the EVs is suddenly a big issue for some reason, Like I previously said to you in another comment, old cars from the 40s or 50s etc. were really heavy. Cargo haulers trucks etc. were, and still are, very heavy. Even now, like the RAC study points out, there are many ICE or Hybrid SUVs and big full-size sedans that are very heavy. But the tire issue for some reason is not mentioned in their case. So, again, why is this kind of catastrophic tire wear not an issue for heavier ICE vehicles like Large SUVs or cars, Cargo Haulers and Trucks etc. and their tires seems to last a really good time but EVs are being pointed out using some very dubious data?
Lastly, and in reality, you can easily find EV tires from big brands like continental, Michelin, Bridgestone and Yokohama etc. with 20K to 50K miles treadwear warranty/limited warranty for their EVs tires. That is pretty good. Why do that if they know their product will not work?
@Ali Khan
Thanks to provide the article, it was another article i read though with test made by emissions analytics in November 2023
Anyway, in the article you share it is clearly written :
“Because EVs are on average 30% heavier, brakes and tires on the battery-powered cars wear out faster than on standard cars”
This is not about worst case scenario like you are implying, why being biased ???
Its physics bro
Now you are exposing yourself as biased one
@Waqas
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No buddy. I did not provide the link/article on my own! I asked you to please share your source from the NY post that you have now mentioned SO MANY TIMES! You asked me to go look for it, telling me what to look for instead. I did. This was the LATEST article from NY post ON THE SUBJECT! This article is from MARCH 2024. Wouldn’t it also have included your claimed Emissions Analytics data from NOVEMBER 2023?! So now you are shifting the goal posts AGAIN by saying that it was some other article you read! So, now there seems to be difference between the validity your own claimed source! 🤷♂️🤔🤣🤦♂️
Also, the small sentence that you highlighted from the NY POST article WHICH YOU POINTED ME TOWARDS, is WRONG! I have said so as much in my last comment AND I gave you enough sources which gave actual data on why that particular stance is wrong; not only in my last comment here but in our discussion on the Hummer EV article comments section here on PW as well.
Are you sure you are not projecting your bias on to me?! 🤔
@Ali Khan
Whetever is the article, this one or the study made in november 2023, they are both giving the same conclusion.
And i’am not the one who giving a personal opinion, you were the one, i was just talking about facts.
Anyway this is the last 10 days of ramadan, better focus on spirituality, peace bro
So with all the data I have provided, I have been giving my opinion. And you have been inundating us and bombarding us with “facts”. Gotcha! 👍😉
Whatever floats your boat bro. Whatever helps you sleep at night. 😂
It seems honesty doesn’t make the cut when it comes to your spirituality… 😂
Peace and understanding brother.