BYD Translucent Production Of 70 Thousand Units In Thailand, Global Expansion Is Getting Stronger

JAKARTA - BYD continues to show its dominance in the Asian market through its strong achievements in Thailand. The automotive giant from China has succeeded in producing 70,000 cars at its factory located in Rayong Province.

Citing Carnewschina, Thursday, December 4, the 70,000th unit to leave the production line is the Sealion DM-i SUV or known in China as Song Plus DM-i.

The facility has an annual production capacity of 150,000 units. Last summer, Thai-made BYD electric cars began shipping to Europe to avoid additional rates from the European Union.

The BYD CKD plant in Rayong officially operates in July 2024. In November 2024, BYD announced it had assembled 10,000 units in Thailand. In the next twelve months, the facility produced an additional 60,000 units. BYD reached a 70,000-unit milestone on November 27.

The Rayong factory is the first fully OWNed overseas facility BYD. Its area reaches 960,000 square meters and currently assembles five models: BYD Atto 3 (Yuan Plus), Dolphin, Seal, Seal 05 DM-i, and Sealion 6 DM-i.

Not only meeting the EV-friendly Thai market, this factory also supplies vehicles for the European and Southeast Asian markets.

In August 2025, Rayong facility exported 900 BYD Dolphin units to Germany, Belgium and the UK using the Zhengzhou BYD ship. This move prevents BYD from additional EU rates, which impose a 10 percent import duty plus an additional 20.7 percent tariff.

BYD Factory In Indonesia

Indonesia is the next location for the EXpansion of BYD factories. Located in the Subang Smartpolitan Industrial Estate, West Java, the facility is scheduled to operate in early 2026 with a production capacity of 150,000 EV units per year for the domestic market and Southeast Asian exports.