A visitor taking a photo of a BYD Seal EV at a trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. BYD, which is China’s leading automaker, is constructing a plant in Hungary while its rivals expand through joint ventures in Europe as an answer to EU tariffs. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
THE leafy city of Szeged, Hungary, with its wide avenues, a renowned university and pale yellow villas, seems more a relic of the Hapsburg empire than a hub for Europe’s automotive future.
Yet at a 300ha construction site near the Serbian border, excavators are preparing for the first European assembly plant of China’s leading automaker, BYD.
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