BYD has built its Thai factory inside the WHA Rayong 36 industrial estate in Nikhom Phatthana District (Rayong Province). The new plant covers an area of more than 948,000 square metres and has an annual production capacity of 150,000 units. The company built the new plant to manufacture right-hand drive (RHD) models for domestic sales and exports to other ASEAN markets. The Chinese automaker already sells cars in other RHD member states of the union – Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The first car BYD made at its new auto plant was the Dolphin electric hatchback. Along with…
