In one of his social media posts over the weekend, the owner of automark.pk,Hanif Memon, revealed that Sapphire Power Generation Limited (SPGL) issetting up an Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant in Pakistan inpartnership with a Chinese Automaker BYD.
BYD manufactures medium and full-sized buses, electric bicycles, forklifts,rechargeable batteries, and trucks. Currently, the entire range of BYDautomobiles including both passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles hasall-electric variants, making it one of the very few EV mass producers inthe world.——————————
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Currently, the Chinese automaker has a significant presence in majorinternational markets such as Northern Europe (Scandinavia), South America,Australia, Russia, among a few others, especially with their all-electriccommercial vehicle lineup, which includes electric buses and trucks. Thepassenger vehicle lineup is popular in China, Russia, Australia, and LatinAmerica.
BYD’s current passenger vehicle lineup consists of 18 different vehicles,including six SUVs, seven sedans, three MPVs, and two subcompacthatchbacks. All have at least one all-electric variant. This is anattribute that the company is reportedly using these days to enter into newmarkets and maintain a stronghold in the markets it is already present in.——————————
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One of the markets that the automaker seems to be thinking about enteringis the Pakistani market, although it is yet to be revealed when that wouldbe. However, with the new EV policy in place, we should expect a majorinflux of EV makers in Pakistan in the coming days.
