Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD is intensifying its role as a dominant force in the global automotive industry. A leaked internal email suggests the company plans to deepen its price war

China’s top maker of electric vehicles (EV) wants to pay a lot less for car parts in the new year, a demand that signals there is no end in sight to a vicious price war nor economic gloom marked by lower wages and uncertain prospects.

BYD Co. has asked suppliers to accept price cuts next year in a signal the Chinese electric vehicle maker is preparing for the brutal price war in the world’s biggest auto market to intensify.

According to a leaked letter circulating on social media yesterday, BYD has asked its suppliers to accept price cuts

A BYD solicitou a fornecedores que aceitem cortes de preços no próximo ano, em um sinal de que a montadora chinesa de veículos elétricos se prepara para a intensificação da brutal guerra de preços no maior mercado automotivo do mundo.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese automaker BYD is asking its suppliers to cut their prices, in a sign that a brutal price war in the world's largest auto market is set to escalate. Citing a leaked email dated Nov.