33 days, more than 10,000 kilometers. Departing from the Tang West Market in Xi'an, spanning six provinces in China, crossing Thailand and Malaysia, finally arriving in Singapore—this is not a camel caravan story on the ancient Silk Road, but the actual itinerary of the recently concluded "2026 Silk Road 10,000-Li Journey · Inspiration Route".

On August 25, this team composed of new energy vehicle fleets formally concluded this cross-border expedition in Singapore.

The Silk Road over a thousand years, a different way of walking

More than 2,000 years ago, camel caravans carried silk, tea, porcelain, and aromatic medicines westward along the Hexi Corridor, forging that civilization channel connecting the East and West. Today, the convoy also departs from Xi'an, but takes a southern route—via Bozhou, Jingdezhen, Hangzhou, Wuyishan, collecting the four major Silk Road civilization artifacts: aromatic medicines, porcelain, silk, and tea, then crossing the sea into Southeast Asia.

It is interesting that the convoy followed the four symbols of ancient Silk Road trade southward within the domestic section, and these artifacts also made their first overseas centralized appearance at the Singapore closing ceremony. From Xi'an to Singapore, from the starting point of the overland Silk Road to the hub of the Maritime Silk Road, the choice of this route itself is an echo—land-sea linkage, the Silk Road never ends.

Netizens commented: "The old Silk Road relied on camels, taking half a year to walk; now wheels roll, crossing borders in a month." This is probably the most intuitive era footnote of this expedition.

Technology is the best passport

10,000 li journey, tests not feelings, but hard power.

The convoy consists of five series: Dynasty, Ocean, Denza, Fangchengbao, and Yangwang, experiencing various road conditions including highways, mountain roads, and urban congestion. The most watched are the "practical exams" of two core technologies:

Flash charging technology—"charged well in 5 minutes, full in 9 minutes", relying on the network layout of nearly 10,000 flash charging stations nationwide, basically resolving long-distance recharging anxiety. This means that while having a cup of coffee at the service area, the vehicle can set off with full battery.

Assisted driving system—continuous iteration of real driving data exceeding 220 million kilometers daily, greatly reducing long-distance driving pressure.

From ancient Silk Road station supply to today's flash charging network, the matter of recharging essentially hasn't changed—what changed is the speed. In the past, camels needed to rest and drink water; now cars only need to "drink electricity" for a few minutes.

Lion City, both the destination and the proof

Choosing Singapore as the closing venue was not accidental.

As of July 2026, BYD has ranked first in total new passenger car brand sales in Singapore for 19 consecutive months; the market share for the first 7 months of 2026 reached 24.7%, with the pure electric market share as high as 40.3%.

It is known that Singapore is one of the markets with the highest car ownership costs globally. Purchasing a car requires bidding for a "Certificate of Entitlement", with prices ranging from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand Singapore Dollars, with extremely high thresholds. Selling well in such a market, with prices not low, relies solely on solid product power and brand awareness.

Currently, BYD has layouted 16 retail touchpoints in Singapore, with some stores entering core shopping malls. Local dealers are also continuously increasing terminal investment; store scale, location selection, and space design have maintained high specifications. Whether a brand can take root overseas, the dealer's attitude is the most honest indicator.

Not just the vehicle's expedition

From a more macro perspective, this Silk Road 10,000-Li Journey is not only a cross-border road test of a car company, but also a practical presentation of Chinese brands participating in co-building the "Belt and Road" green transportation development.

2026 is the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and ASEAN. The event, themed "Technology Towards Newness · Civilization Towards Heart", integrates cultural exchange, technological dialogue, and trade interconnectivity. The Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy to Singapore, the President of the Singapore Shaanxi Association, and guests from various fields attended the closing ceremony.

Data shows that from January to July 2026, BYD's overseas cumulative sales exceeded 970,000 units, a year-on-year growth of about 76%; July single-month overseas sales were 179,800 units, a year-on-year growth of 124.3%. As of now, its new energy vehicles have entered more than 120 countries and regions globally.

From Jingdezhen's porcelain to today's batteries, from silk to smart cockpits, the cargo flowing on the Silk Road is changing, but the core logic hasn't changed—what is output is always product power leading the era.

Written in the end

33 days, over 10,000 li, from Xi'an to Singapore. Along this road, camels, merchant caravans, missionaries, and explorers once walked; now driving are new energy vehicle fleets equipped with flash charging and assisted driving technology.

Technology iteration is never to show off skills, but to solve real problems: how to make long-distance travel less anxious, how to make driving less tiring, how to make green travel a truly feasible choice. The answer given by this 10,000-Li expedition is: Technology is ready, infrastructure is spreading, and the market and consumers are giving responses.

The sound of camel bells on the ancient Silk Road has gone far away; replaced by it is the sound of electric current. Green energy accompanies the Silk Road expedition; BYD empowers the Silk Road with green travel!

Recently, the domestic leg of the 2026 Silk Road 10,000 Miles Journey Enlightenment Road concluded successfully in Shenzhen. The new energy vehicle fleet escorted by BYD throughout the journey traversed thousands of kilometers, successfully completed the overland Silk Road exploration journey, and from here sets sail to connect with the Maritime Silk Road, embarking on an all-new overseas journey.

The camel bells of the ancient Silk Road echoed, witnessing the fusion and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations. Today, new energy vehicles continue the historical mission, opening a new chapter belonging to Chinese intelligent manufacturing.

This Silk Road 10,000-Mile Journey focuses on culture, technology, and trade. The BYD fleet departed from the Silk Road starting point Xi'an, passing through multiple historical famous cities, visiting the four Eastern cultural symbols of fragrant herbs, porcelain, silk, and tea, integrating the millennium-old intangible cultural heritage with modern automotive technology Autohome.

During the long journey, complex road conditions and diverse climates tested the vehicle strength in turns. BYD's full matrix of models, relying on stable vehicle performance, flash charging and energy replenishment technology, and intelligent driving capabilities, calmly handled various travel scenarios, successfully completed all domestic leg schedules, and verified the solid product strength of Chinese new energy vehicles with actual performance.

Shenzhen is not only the end of the domestic leg but also the starting point for heading overseas. After completing the domestic itinerary, the fleet will continue on the Maritime Silk Road, rush to multiple overseas locations to carry out brand display and product experience series of activities, bringing the strength of Chinese new energy to the world. Galloping through mountains and seas for a green voyage, BYD is measuring reliability with mileage, allowing more international consumers to understand and recognize Chinese new energy vehicle products.

Today, Chinese new energy vehicles are accelerating towards the global stage, becoming another business card of Chinese high-end manufacturing. What it exports is not only complete vehicle products, but also a complete energy replenishment system and low-carbon development concept.

Currently, the competition in global new energy vehicles is becoming increasingly fierce. Going overseas is no longer simple product export, but also tests the comprehensive strength of the brand and cultural communication capabilities.

From data perspective, BYD's globalization map is accelerating expansion. As of now, its new energy vehicles have covered 121 countries and regions globally. Overseas sales broke through 1 million units for the first time in 2025. Overseas cumulative sales from January to July 2026 reached 970,000 units, with a strong growth momentum.

More importantly, BYD's overseas expansion has long surpassed simple complete vehicle export, extending towards localized production, technology output, and industrial synergy multi-dimensionally. Placing the first flash charging station in Europe, building an exclusive energy replenishment network in Uzbekistan, laying out localized production bases in Thailand and Brazil, and even bringing the PV, Storage, and Charging integrated solution to Central Asia.

BYD fully escorted the Silk Road 10,000-Mile Journey, which is not only a brand expedition, but also a vivid vignette of the leap from Chinese auto product overseas to ecosystem overseas era. The civilization exchange of the ancient Silk Road has never stopped, and BYD is using green technology as a brush to write a new chapter belonging to the new era on this exchange road that has lasted for thousands of years.

Quanzhou Port a thousand years ago, masts were like forests as the tides rose and fell.

A thousand years later, Shenzhen Port is filled with quay cranes, and modern Ro-Ro vessels sound their horns to set sail. With the 2026 "Silk Road 10,000 Miles Journey · Enlightenment Road" BYD fleet departing from the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, Xi'an Tang Dynasty West Market, heading south along four intangible cultural heritage nodes, and finally arriving at Shenzhen Port to complete the departure ceremony, an iteration of going global spanning a thousand years is clearly before our eyes — the cargo holds no longer contain porcelain and silk, but the full matrix of BYD new energy vehicles, along with the complete set of Blade Battery technology, Flash Charging Energy System, and green energy solutions behind them.

Ancient Port Sails: Using Goods as a Medium to Build a Maritime Pathway for Civilizational Integration

The Maritime Silk Road was once the core channel for ancient China's interaction with the world. Starting from Quanzhou, countless merchant ships carrying the scenery of China sailed globally: warm and exquisite porcelain became the collection of European aristocrats, soft and gorgeous silk rewrote overseas fashion trends, fragrant medicines and mellow tea even integrated into the daily lives of countries along the route.

This BYD Silk Road 10,000 Miles Journey fleet specifically entered Quanzhou, looking back on the thousand-year trade route in the collections of the Maritime History Museum, touching the warmth of ocean commerce in the lines of the Qiaopi Archives, feeling the former prosperity of the ancient port in the daily life of Kaiyuan West Street. Starting from the departure ceremony at Xi'an Tang Dynasty West Market, the fleet moved forward along the threads of the ancient Silk Road: visiting the thousand-year fragrant medicine intangible heritage in Bozhou, witnessing the craftsmanship of porcelain firing in Jingdezhen, touching the silk weaving skills in Hangzhou, and picking spring tea leaves in Wuyi Mountain. These four Silk Road items that once crossed the ocean on merchant ships are now reconnected under the wheels of the BYD fleet, becoming a vivid bond for the dialogue between ancient and modern Silk Roads.

This route connected by merchant ships was never just a trade route, but also a path for mutual learning of civilizations. China's products and culture spread to the world with the ocean currents, and foreign goods and thoughts also flowed eastward. In two-way exchanges, they wrote the historical footnote of ancient China's openness and inclusiveness. And the journey of BYD retracing the Silk Road is exactly the contemporary inheritance of this open cultural thread — protecting traditional Chinese culture with the power of the brand, letting Eastern cultural threads go global with Chinese intelligence.

Giant Ship Voyage: Using Technology as Core, Building a New Pattern for Systematic Global Expansion

After a thousand years of rotation, ships going out became thousand-ton Ro-Ro giants from wooden merchant ships, the "Chinese Business Card" in the cargo hold upgraded from traditional products to China's complete new energy solutions. BYD is a typical representative of this going global upgrade, redefining the paradigm of Chinese cars going global with the hardcore strength of the full industry chain.

As of now, BYD's overseas sales have exceeded one million units, with a year-on-year growth of over 140%, and products cover over 120 countries and regions worldwide; it has its own 8 Ro-Ro ships shuttling regularly on global routes, delivering complete vehicles directly to major ports in Europe, America, and Southeast Asia, building an efficient and stable global sea freight capacity network. What carries more weight than sales growth is the qualitative change in the going global model: BYD has long jumped out of the traditional path of "single product export" and walked out a systemic path of "Technology + Infrastructure + Industry".

In Rayong, Thailand, BYD built the first overseas passenger vehicle base, achieving localization of parts and employees, and locally produced vehicles can also be exported to Europe in reverse; bases in Brazil, Uzbekistan, and Hungary are laid out synchronously, forming a complete going global closed loop of "Domestic R&D + Overseas Localization + Global Sea Freight". Of greater long-term value is the synchronous output of technology and ecology: Accompanying vehicles going global, the 2nd Generation Blade Battery, Flash Charging Energy System complete new energy solutions also go global — Europe lands the first flash charging station, Uzbekistan builds an exclusive charging network, Central Asia introduces "PV Storage Charging" integrated power station solutions. BYD no longer just sells cars overseas, but helps countries along the route build a green transportation ecosystem and promote energy structure transformation in the way of "teaching to fish".

This confidence for going global comes from the actual trial of the 10,000-mile Silk Road. From Lintong, Xi'an to Yingquan, Bozhou, from Hefei business district to Wuyi Mountain mountainous areas, to the coastal Longkangwei Service Area, the entire journey of 7 major flash charging stations strings together the 10,000-mile journey. Flash charging technology supported by 2nd Generation Blade Battery achieves hardcore performance of charging to 70% in 5 minutes, 97% in 9 minutes, even in -30℃ low temperature environment only adds 3 minutes charging time, stable output in highway, city, mountainous, coastal all scenarios. This charging strength repeatedly verified domestically is landing overseas along with complete vehicles, making China's flash charging standard a new ruler for global green transportation.

On the complex road conditions throughout the journey including inter-city highways, urban streets, mountain winding roads, and coastal wind areas, BYD's God's Eye Advanced Driving Assist provides full escort. Full-scenario NOA covers highways and urban roads, accurately identifying mountain winding roads, coastal strong winds, and heavy highway traffic flows, completing technical iteration using 10,000 miles of real road data. This smart driving system verified by all terrains of the Silk Road is also becoming the core competitiveness of BYD's overseas products.

Dynasty Series home comfort, Ocean Series young sports, DENZA luxury technology, Fangchengbao hardcore off-road, Yangwang top performance, BYD's five major product matrices complete all-terrain trials on the 10,000-mile journey; the extreme performance exhibition at two racing circuits in Zhengzhou and Shengzhou further verifies the full-dimension product strength from home commuting to million-dollar flagships. When the fleet finally arrives in Shenzhen, completes the departure ceremony in front of BYD History Museum, ships sail from Shenzhen Port, transporting whole vehicles and technology verified over 10,000 miles to over 120 countries and regions worldwide.

Eternal Core: Open Background Unchanged, Original Intention of Win-Win Unchanged

From porcelain merchant ships to Ro-Ro giants, from product output to technology going global, what changes is the carrier, the product, the depth and breadth of China's going global; what remains unchanged is the core of openness, inclusiveness, and mutual benefit.

Ancient Maritime Silk Road, China used scenery as a bond to exchange goods with the world and merge civilizations; On the new Silk Road today, BYD uses green technology as a bridge to build ecology with countries worldwide and share development dividends. The merchant ships a thousand years ago took exquisite products, and also took Eastern culture and kindness; Today's Ro-Ro giants send new energy products and technology, and also send sustainable development Chinese solutions.

BYD's systemic going global is exactly the contemporary continuation of this open win-win core. Not doing single product dumping, but taking complete industry and energy solutions to land overseas, building factories, cultivating talent, and building ecosystems locally, growing together with the local in the way of "co-building and sharing". This is consistent with the core of exchanging goods and mutual benefit symbiosis of the Maritime Silk Road a thousand years ago.

Millennium Silk Road, camel caravans carry goods connecting the world; Today's journey, BYD uses flash charging and smart driving hardcore technology, carrying all series models along the same ancient path to奔赴 sea silk ports to go global. From Xi'an to Shenzhen to South Asia, the actual trial spanning ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers is both a civilizational backtrack and a strength declaration of China's new energy industry going global. When ancient Silk Road fragrant medicines, porcelain, silk, tea and BYD represented by the "New Three Items" for going global (Batteries, New Energy Vehicles, PV Storage) meet, what we witness is not only the era leap of China from product output to technology, vehicle, charging system integrated going global, but also the new Chinese business card that Chinese intelligence reshapes the global sustainable development new order with green technology as the bond.