The Chinese wave has surged past Tesla. The American electric car manufacturer has been overtaken in the fourth quarter of 2023 by its Chinese competitor, BYD. Elon Musk's company sold 484,507 cars during the last three months of 2023, compared to BYD's 526,000.

An old dispute continues into the new year: Can vehicles with conventional internal combustion engines still be allowed after 2035 if they are powered by the synthetic fuel E-Fuels?

Chinese automaker BYD, which has rapidly surpassed Volkswagen and Tesla in its domestic market, has announced its decision to build a factory in Hungary as part of its commercial expansion into Europe. The chosen site is located in Szeged, a city of 160,000 inhabitants in the south of Hungary, near the border with Romania and Serbia.