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Seven hundred BYD cars arrive in Vitória

This is the largest electrified vehicle parcel to disembark in Brazil

By Redação AutoIndústria | Translated by Jorge Meditsch

BYD announced this Friday, 3/10, the arrival of 700 automobiles at the port of Vitória, ES. The company says it is the largest BYD announced this Friday, 3/10, the arrival of 700 automobiles at the port of Vitória, ES. The company says it is the largest electrified vehicle bath ever to disembark in Brazil. bath ever to disembark in Brazil. It includes four models, the electric automobiles TAN EV and D1 EV, the 100% electric eT3 cargo van and the plug-in hybrid Song Plus DM SUV, just launched in the Brazilian market.

Produced in Shenzhen, China, the vehicles departed from Shanghai 35 days ago. A 30 people team worked at the disembark operation in Vitória, which took about four hours to complete, with an average of 160 cars per hour.

“Besides being the largest electrified vehicle batch ever to arrive in Brazil, it was also the largest volume of brand’s vehicles imported from China”, said Leonardo Fellipe, BYD do Brasil’s logistics manager. “This strengthens our resolve to become one of the major players in the competitive Brazilian automotive market”.

According to a Chinese brand’s note, one of the major challenges faced was to obtain and confirm enough space for the cars.

“The frequency of Roll on – Roll of ships from China to Brazil is very low, despite the demand. Just one ship of this kind comes to South America each month”, informs the manufacturer.

Henrique Antunes, BYD’s Sales and Marketing director in Brazil, tells the prevision for 2023 is bringing 3 thousand electrified automobiles to the local market. “Those numbers prove the excellent reception of BYD automobiles by the Brazilian public and show we are increasingly consolidating and strengthening our brand here”.


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