Tesla, You Get What You F*cking Deserve
BYD is slowly destroying Tesla and Ford in the EV market. Here’s why.
Over the past 10 years, one name has become synonymous with the electric vehicle revolution: Tesla.
Elon Musk’s brainchild didn’t just build electric cars; it built a a movement, disrupted a century-old industry, for years, crowned itself the undisputed king of the EV world.
But heavy is the head that wears the crown.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, something unthinkable happened.
A Chinese automaker named BYD quietly sold more battery electric vehicles than Tesla, officially snatching the global crown.
By 2024 and into 2025, BYD didn’t just sustain this momentum; they expanded it., and became a global juggernaut, selling over 4.2 million plug-in and electric vehicles in a single year, aggressively expanding into Europe, South America, and beyond.
Even Elon Musk, who once openly laughed at BYD’s cars in a 2011 interview, has changed his tune, warning investors that Chinese automakers would “demolish most other car companies in the world” without trade barriers.
So, how did a company that started out making batteries for old flip phones rise to beat the most valuable car company on Earth?
Is China winning the EV war against America?