to cement its position in the top spot. the company s deliveries are the closest estimation to its sales figures. 0ur north american business correspondent erin delmore reports. byd calls itself the biggest car brand you have never heard of. but that may be about to change. the chinese automaker sold more battery powered electric vehicles in the last three months of the year than tesla did. that s a first. the american company is facing headwinds. higher borrowing costs in the us led to slowing demand. but its lesser known chinese rival is enjoying tailwinds, including a massive domestic market, cheap labour and strong government support. and, unlike tesla, byd makes its own batteries. so controlling that part of the supply chain gives byd more flexibility to cut prices, which it did in the last part of the year, sending sales spiking. as my colleague has just reported, tesla s latest number puts byd ahead of the curve. the chinese ev maker reported around three million in sa
it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan where we start the programme today. all of the 379 passengers and crew on board a japan airlines plane had a miraculous escape when it became engulfed in flames. thejet was coming in to land, when there was a collision with a coastguard plane. five people on board the smaller aircraft died. it was heading to deliver supplies to people affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, in the province of noto. our correspondent, suranjana tewari, is at haneda airport, with more on the reaction on the ground. haneda airport, behind me, is slowly resuming service about 100 flights were cancelled as a result of that collision on the runway. now, mostly domestic flights, international flights have been taking off and landing, as well, but really extraordinary images coming in. and people here arejust digesting what happened when those two planes collided, leading to that massive fireball on the runway and this,
is the closest estimation to its sales figures. 0ur north america business correspondent erin delmore reports. calls itself the big scarber brown you ve never heard of, but it may be about to change. more of vehicles in the last three months than tesla did. that s a first. the american company is facing headwinds, higher borrowing costs in the us led to spelling demand slowing demand. but the chinese rival is a gluing, enjoying tailwinds with them unlike tesla, byob makes its own batteries, so controlling that part of the supply gives byd more ability to cut prices. as my colleague erin hasjust reported, tesla s latest number puts byd ahead of the curve. the chinese ev maker reported around three million in sales last year, but that number comprises both electric cars and hybrid vehicles. but even as the competition us revving up, it s worth noting that in terms of overall deliveries in 2023, tesla still has byd beat. however, the chinese ev maker s could keep the momentum
are the closest estimation to its sales figures. 0ur north american business correspondent reports. byd calls itself the biggest car brand you have never heard of. but that may be about to change. the chinese automaker sold more battery powered electric vehicles in the last three months of the year than tesla did. that is a first. the american company is facing headwinds. higher borrowing costs in the us led to slowing demand but its lesser known chinese rival is enjoying tail winds, including a massive domestic market, cheap labour, and strong government support. and unlike tesla, byd makes its own batteries. so controlling that part of the supply chain gives byd more flexibility to cut prices, which it did in the last part of the year, sending sales spiking. as my colleague has just reported, tesla s latest number puts byd ahead of the curve. the chinese ev maker reported around 3 million in sales last year but that number comprises both electric cars and hybrid vehicles. e
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