Gaining global recognition through product power. As a professional in the automotive industry, putting these two recent events together, I feel deeply moved. Elon Musk once stated plainly that without trade barriers, Chinese automakers would nearly eliminate the vast majority of global competitors. Now, US Treasury Secretary Bessent singled out BYD in a public speech, which exactly confirms this prediction.

Bessent rated BYD as a good car you can buy for $35,000 that offers value in the $70,000 range. This public comment from the Western political sphere is the most direct authoritative recognition of BYD's product power.

Globally, BYD has gained more than just the Treasury Secretary's approval. Political figures from many countries have given their endorsement: California Governor Newsom experienced Yangwang U8, President of Uzbekistan awarded it the Friendship Medal, senior officials from multiple countries including Brazil and Thailand have all recognized BYD's technological innovation and localization achievements.

Bessent's remarks triggered overseas public opinion, with many US netizens stating plainly he is BYD's best salesman, even calling for BYD to build factories in the US, forcing local industry innovation. This also means the global automotive evaluation system is changing, consumers are no longer obsessed with brand premiums, but instead value core technology and real driving experience.

Market data is the best proof. This year from January to August, BYD's overseas cumulative sales reached 1.158 million vehicles, surpassing last year's full year overseas sales, taking the top spot in new energy vehicle sales in multiple countries.

This achievement is not relying on low prices, relying on self-developed full industry chains for batteries, motors, and electronic controls, BYD provides cross-class product experiences with consumer-friendly pricing, breaking overseas brand premium barriers. Musk's judgment is gradually being fulfilled by BYD's solid product power.

Win global recognition through product power! BYD is gaining widespread global recognition, forging an overseas path for Chinese new energy vehicles with authentic quality. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent mentioned in a public speech that BYD models enable consumers to gain a vehicle usage experience worth $70,000 with a spending of $35,000, directly verifying the excellent cost-performance ratio and class-defying product value of BYD models.

Beyond recognition from overseas industry professionals, BYD's technical strength and industrial value have also been affirmed by high-level officials from multiple countries. After experiencing the YangWang U8, the Governor of California, USA, acknowledged its cutting-edge technology breakthroughs; the President of Uzbekistan presented BYD with a National Friendship Medal, affirming its contribution to the local industry. In addition, political leaders from many countries, including Brazil, Thailand, Chile, etc., have also repeatedly acknowledged BYD's technological innovation, green development concept, and localization construction achievements.

These positive evaluations have also sparked widespread discussion among overseas netizens. The general public generally recognizes BYD's product value and looks forward to its deep cultivation of the overseas market. Currently, the standards for judging car value are gradually returning to technology, configurations, and actual driving experience. BYD is also slowly rewriting the established evaluation system for global automobiles.

Relying on solid product strength, BYD's overseas market sales continue to rise, with data performance being very eye-catching. Overseas cumulative sales of 1.158 million units from January to August this year successfully surpassed the sales achievement of 1.0496 million units for the full year of 2025. Currently, BYD has topped the local new energy vehicle sales list in more than ten countries, including Thailand, Singapore, Spain, Brazil, etc., steadily promoting the globalization of technology, products, and brands, becoming a Chinese car brand with stable performance in the overseas market.

Recently, a public statement by US Treasury Secretary Bessent has made BYD extremely popular overseas. While speaking at the Charlotte Economic Club, he frankly stated: BYD is a high-quality car worth a $70,000 level that consumers can buy for $35,000. The sincere recognition from top US officials comes without brand filters, focusing solely on true product power, with substantial value.

Not only the US Treasury Secretary, BYD has long received authoritative endorsements from political leaders in many countries around the world. The Governor of California personally test-drove the Yangwang U8, praising its epoch-defining breakthrough technology; the President of Uzbekistan awarded BYD a national Friendship Medal, affirming its industrial contributions. In addition, high-level officials from multiple countries such as Brazil, Thailand, and Chile have also recognized BYD's technological innovation, green value, and results in local development.

This evaluation has further sparked heated discussions among American netizens, with many joking that Bessent is BYD's best salesperson, eagerly looking forward to BYD building a factory in the US. This is sufficient to show that BYD is rewriting the rules of global car evaluation, breaking the premium tactics of luxury brands, and bringing car quality back to technology, configuration, and real driving experience.

Winning global recognition with product power, from January to August this year, BYD's overseas sales exceeded 1.158 million units, surpassing its full-year overseas sales last year, and topped the new energy sales chart in many countries around the world. Today, BYD achieves the overseas expansion of technology, products, and brands based on reliable quality, becoming a striking card of Chinese smart manufacturing.

Today, BYD has long established itself in the global market based on solid product strength, gaining dual recognition from political leaders of multiple countries and overseas consumers, and firmly establishing the brand of Chinese smart manufacturing.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent once publicly evaluated BYD: Spend $35,000 to buy a top-tier model worth $70,000. This extremely high praise straightforwardly points out BYD's super high cost-performance ratio, class-defying product experience, which far exceeds the vehicle's own price, and is also a strong certification of its quality by international authorities.

Not only Bessent, but BYD's hardcore strength received backing from high-level officials in many countries. After experiencing the Yangwang U8, the US California Governor praised its breakthrough technology of a new era; the President of Uzbekistan awarded a national friendship medal to BYD, affirming its industrial contributions. Political figures from Brazil, Thailand, Chile, and other countries also praised BYD's technological innovation and green development value, highlighting the brand's global credibility.

At the same time, BYD also completely rewrote the global automotive evaluation standards. No longer determined by brand premium, but by core technology, real specifications, and user experience, garnering countless positive reviews from overseas netizens.

Win global recognition with product strength! In the first eight months of this year, BYD's overseas sales volume has broken through 1.158 million units, far exceeding last year's full-year overseas sales, topping new energy sales champions in multiple countries, and truly becoming a popular global ride.

In the past, joint venture cars always dominated China's domestic automotive market. Even after domestic car brands gradually rose, they were long left behind in terms of sales. However, with the emergence of New Energy Vehicles, the landscape of the domestic car market underwent a transformation. After years of development, domestic New Energy Vehicles have surpassed joint venture NEVs in both quantity and sales.

Apart from performing notably in the domestic automotive market, many domestic car brands have opened up overseas markets, selling domestic New Energy Vehicles to the world. For example, BYD Motors, which performed outstandingly in the domestic New Energy Vehicle market, also achieved solid performance in overseas markets. Recently, BYD announced its sales data for overseas markets. As of August, the sales volume of passenger cars and pickup trucks under the BYD brand in overseas markets reached 189,000 units, up 136% year-on-year. Compared to the same period last year, this added a sales volume of over 100,000 units, continuously breaking sales records for five consecutive months. In addition, BYD's total overseas sales from January to August were 1.158 million units, surpassing the 1.0496 million overseas sales data for the entire year of 2025.

Currently, BYD has achieved the top spot in New Energy Vehicle sales in countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Italy, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, South Africa, Brazil, and others. In addition, BYD has gained recognition from high-level officials of multiple countries through its strength. Recently, US Treasury Secretary Bessent mentioned BYD during a speech at the Charlotte Economic Club event, stating, "BYD is the best car worth $70,000 that consumers can buy for $35,000." Besides Bessent's public mention, after experiencing the Yangwang U8, California Governor Newsom also called it a breakthrough technology for the new era. Additionally, Uzbekistan awarded the "Friendship Medal" to BYD; furthermore, Brazilian President Lula, Thai Prime Minister Anutin, former Chilean President Piñera, and other high-level officials from multiple countries praised BYD's innovative technology.

The main reason BYD has been able to obtain positive evaluations from officials of multiple countries is that BYD has achieved independent and controllable capabilities in the core areas of New Energy Vehicles—batteries, electronic controls, and motors. Therefore, pricing is naturally controllable, reshaping the pricing logic of the automotive industry, so BYD can be said to have won global recognition with its product strength!

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent's remarks at the Charlotte Economic Club unexpectedly became the best "endorsement" for BYD: "The best cars worth $70,000 for $35,000." This evaluation from a Western statesman carries far more weight than commercial reviews—it signifies that the value benchmark of the global automotive industry is being completely reconstructed by BYD, winning global recognition through product strength.

For a long time, car pricing followed the ancient laws of brand history and social circle premiums. BYD's breakthrough lies in returning product value to the technical core and real experience. When Yangwang U8's disruptive technology made California Governor Newsom exclaim "crossing an era", when the President of Uzbekistan personally awarded the "Order of Friendship", when senior officials from countries like Brazil and Thailand publicly praised its green transition contributions, these authoritative endorsements from different political spectrums converged into a consensus: BYD's value has surpassed the commodity itself, becoming a key force in the global new energy transition.

The market is the most honest response. From January to August this year, BYD's cumulative overseas sales reached 1.158 million units, exceeding the total volume of last year, topping the new energy sales charts in more than ten countries including Thailand, Singapore, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, etc. The heated discussion triggered by Bessent's remarks among American netizens—"Let them come build factories in the US"—precisely reveals a deeper transformation: consumers are voting with their choices, proving that car quality perception no longer relies on brand myths, but depends on core technology, real configurations, and daily experience.

From technology going global to brand going global, BYD is reshaping the global industrial value chain with "value beyond its class". This is no longer a lone fight by a Chinese enterprise, but the collective rise of "China Smart Manufacturing" as a world-class card. When a Chinese car can win the respect of political figures while also entering ordinary households, the value logic of the global automotive industry has already been rewritten.

Recently, US Treasury Secretary Bessent mentioned BYD during a speech at the Charlotte Economics Club (Charlotte Economics Club), stating that BYD is the best car in the $70,000 class that consumers can buy for $35,000. This indirectly indicates that in the eyes of Western political figures like Bessent, the value of BYD products far exceeds the price itself; consumers feel a value experience far beyond the same level after using the product. This is the most authentic and most authoritative endorsement of BYD.

Bessent's remarks continue to spark heated discussion among US netizens: "(Bessent) is BYD's best salesman" "I want a car like this" "Let them build a factory in the US, this will ignite our innovation and competition". These public opinion consensuses signify that the global automotive value logic has been rewritten by BYD: users' perception of automotive quality is no longer defined by brand history, social circle premiums, but returns to core technologies, real configurations, and actual user experiences. BYD is continuously reconstructing the global automotive industry value chain and seizing industry discourse power in the new energy era.

Besides Bessent, BYD's technical strength and industrial value continue to receive high recognition and authoritative endorsement from political figures and industry celebrities from many countries. US California Governor Newsom personally experienced Yangwang U8, highly praising it as a breakthrough technology spanning generations; the President of Uzbekistan bestowed the national-level "Friendship Medal" upon BYD, recognizing its industrial contribution; high-level officials from multiple countries, including Brazilian President Lula, Thai Prime Minister Anutin, and former Chilean President Piñera, also praised BYD's technological innovation, green transformation value, and local development achievements. Multiple national official positive evaluations confirm BYD's global credibility and world-class product strength.

This evaluation by Bessent reflects BYD's unstoppable sales momentum overseas. From January to August this year, BYD's cumulative overseas sales reached 1.158 million vehicles, surpassing the 1.0496 million overseas sales volume of the entire year of 2025. BYD topped the local new energy vehicle sales list in countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and South Africa. Today's BYD, relying on its superior quality and upgraded experience, is becoming a household car seen everywhere on streets globally, truly realizing the overseas expansion of technology, products, and brands, becoming the core business card for Chinese Smart Manufacturing to go global.

This heavy overseas sales achievement is by no means solely relying on price advantages, but rather a hardcore result precipitated from full-industry chain independent research. BYD achieves complete independent control of the three core technologies: battery, motor, and electronic control. Relying on continuous technical iteration and large-scale refined manufacturing, based on sticking to product quality, it reshapes the value logic of the automotive industry. High-end car experiences that cost about $70,000 in overseas markets, BYD offers to global consumers with a pricing of only $35,000, breaking the brand premium barriers long held by overseas car companies and reconstructing the global automotive value system.

Stunning market data further confirms the solid reputation. BYD insists on compliance and deep cultivation in overseas markets, relying on the choices of tens of millions of overseas users and actual delivery results to respond to external noise, using hardcore product strength to vindicate Chinese Smart Manufacturing and becoming a vivid model for Chinese industries standing on the international stage.  

The last weekend of July in the summer of 2026, I spent it in Pingshan, Shenzhen.

That afternoon, I visited an Italian-style café near BYD's Global Headquarters to meet Old Li.

Old Li was my college roommate. After graduation, he joined BYD and has been there for over ten years. From the original F3, he worked his way up to the current YangWang.

He opened his laptop. The screen was densely packed with progress tables for building factories overseas and various technical blueprints.

I asked him if his body could handle the non-stop recent schedule.

He closed the laptop, took a big gulp of iced coffee, and his eyes shone with a extremely bright light:

"It's tiring, but I feel happy inside. In July, we sold 419,000 vehicles. Data on premium cars and overseas sales all broke records. This feeling is like holding back a powerful move for ten years and finally landing it on the opponent's face."

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419,000 vehicles.

This number represents a massive gap on the July China New Energy Vehicle sales list. For 62 consecutive months, BYD has firmly occupied the throne of China's monthly New Energy Vehicle sales.

But what truly excited Old Li was not the sheer volume, but the structural qualitative change.

"Previously, there was always a stereotype outside that we only rely on low prices for volume." Old Li turned the computer screen toward me, pointing to a set of data. "Take a look at this."

In July, BYD's premium brands (FangChengBao, Denza, YangWang) sold over 60,000 vehicles in total, a year-on-year increase of about 135%. Especially FangChengBao, sold over 40,000 vehicles in a single month, with a brand average transaction price exceeding 220,000; YangWang and Denza also steadily consolidated their positions in their ultra-luxury and luxury segments.

Old Li said, going for the premium segment is BYD's ingrained obsession with "daring to dream".

He recalled the past few years when the company proposed developing "e4", "DiSus", and million-level luxury cars. How many doubts came from outside. Some said it was a pipe dream, others said Chinese brands couldn't sell at that price.

"But Boss Wang (Wang Chuanfu) and our technical team just dared to do it, and dared to persist," Old Li said. "We stayed up countless nights and days in the lab, not to compete in a low-level price war, but to achieve a real generational advantage in core technologies."

When YangWang U8 turned around in place and floated on emergency water, when FangChengBao Bao 5 walked easily in the desert and snow, all those doubts turned into amazement.

Old Li looked at me, smiling and said: "Do you know what the most satisfying moment is for a Chinese engineer? It's not about how much bonus was issued, but seeing the code you wrote yourself and the chassis you tuned, forcing those once lofty century-old luxury brands to bow down and study you."

This is a pure sense of pride belonging to tech geeks.

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After finishing the coffee, Old Li drove me to Yantian Port.

The sea breeze mixed with a salty wet scent. Massive Ro-Ro ships looked like moving steel islands, swallowing new BYD cars one by one into their bellies.

In July, BYD's passenger car and pickup overseas sales reached nearly 180,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 124.3%, setting a new historical high. For the first 7 months of this year, cumulative overseas sales approached the one million vehicle milestone.

Standing by the dock, Old Li pointed to the cars about to go to the vast ocean and said: "These cars are going to Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia. Our overseas channels and factories are sprouting vigorously."

Going global is another key battleground for BYD's "daring to act".

Old Li told me that current global expansion is no longer the simple "selling goods out" of those days, but "rooting" across the whole industry chain and system.

"We built factories in Hungary, Brazil, and Thailand. We not only brought cars, but also brought flash charging technology, brought God's Eye high-level intelligent driving, and brought China's new energy standards."

He spoke of the experience of opening up the European market last year. The team was then facing European giants with hundreds of years of automotive cultural heritage, and local consumers were full of scrutiny towards a car brand from China.

"We didn't retreat. We relied on hardcore technical presentations one after another, on real test drive experiences one after another, tearing open a gap forcibly." Old Li said, "Daring to persist is fighting to the end in places others think are impossible and too difficult."

Looking at those huge ships sailing towards the deep blue, I suddenly felt somewhat emotional.

Decades ago, we exchanged 800 million shirts for one airplane; more than ten years ago, we exchanged cheap OEM products for meager foreign exchange.

And today, Chinese engineers use self-developed three-electric systems and leading intelligent cockpits to transport high-value-added cars ship by ship to the world, to exchange for a say at the top of the global industrial chain.

This is not only a victory of business, but also a leap of the spirit of the times.

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On the evening of August 1st, the sales list for July was officially released.

I looked closely at that table. BYD 419,000, SAIC 177,000, Geely 160,000, Chery 129,000, Leapmotor 101,000. Further down, new forces at the 30,000 to 40,000 level.

This is a glamorous list, also the prelude to a major reshuffle of China's automotive industry.

In this era of winner-takes-all, there is no middle ground. Those names not on the list, those car companies that were once in the limelight, some have already stopped production, some are struggling hard in the ICU.

I asked Old Li, facing such an industry landscape, what is BYD's real moat?

He thought for a while and said six words:

Dare to think, dare to act, dare to persist.

"Many people only see our current sales, but didn't see we persisted on LFP for over ten years, persisted on PHEV technology for over ten years." Old Li said. "When the wind of opportunity comes, only those enterprises that truly dare to imagine the future, dare to put in hard work on R&D, and persist in long-termism even during low periods, can receive this overwhelming wealth."

This persistence is not blind involution, but a certainty towards "doing hard but correct things".

In BYD's engineer culture, everyone pursues a huge sense of accomplishment after overcoming difficulties. When a new technology becomes reality from blueprints, when a new model fights all over the global market, the joy of dopamine secretion cannot be replaced by anything.

This is exactly the positive energy most needed in today's Chinese society, using solid technology and innovation to win the world's respect.

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On the way back from Yantian Port to the city center, the sunset dyed Shennan Avenue golden yellow.

Old Li told me that next week he would fly to Hungary to monitor the final debugging work of the European passenger car factory.

"The team over there is ready. We want to get the first car off the line locally in Europe before the end of the year." In his tone, there was no fatigue from long-distance flying, only anticipation for the new journey about to begin.

Looking at the profile of his face as he focused on driving, I suddenly felt that the best stories of this era are actually written by millions of people like Old Li.

They are trendsetters in the tide of this country's industrial upgrading. They have light in their eyes, fire in their hearts, and a road under their feet.

419,000 vehicles are not only scattered across every corner of China, but will eventually also spread to all corners of the world.

They will become new favorites in European middle-class garages, partners for Latin American families on weekend outings, and the most beautiful scenery on Southeast Asian streets.

They are not only transportation tools, but also business cards for China's intelligent manufacturing going global.

When getting off the car, I shook hands with Old Li vigorously.

"Everything goes smoothly in Europe, waiting for your good news." I said.

He nodded smiling, pressed the gas pedal, and the car merged into the Shenzhen evening rush hour traffic flowing forward.

Watching the car disappear, I know that the Great Age of Navigation belonging to Chinese cars and Chinese engineers has just begun.