Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD has reached 100 dealer stores in Brazil and aims to increase the number by another 150 percent by the end of the year.
The 100th BYD dealer store in Brazil opened on May 23 in downtown Florianópolis, the company announced. The store is the third BYD dealership store in Santa Catarina and the Brazilian distributor plans to add six new BYD stores in Santa Catarina this year, bringing the number to nine.
Currently, BYD’s sales network in Brazil covers 39 dealer groups, 100 existing stores and 135 designated outlets, the company said.
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BYD plans to bring the number of its dealer stores in Brazil to 250 by the end of this year, according to its press release. This means that over the next eight months, BYD is going to build 150 new stores in Brazil, an average of 19 per month.
More sales network coverage comes at a time when BYD is working to expand its presence in Brazil.
BYD began construction in an industrial complex in Brazil this year and is expected to start production between the end of this year and early next year, according to a previous report by Chinese media outlet Jiemian.
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Initial production models include the BYD Dolphin, Song Plus, Yuan Plus and Dolphin Mini, according to the report. The Yuan Plus is called the Atto 3 in several international markets and the Dolphin Mini is the Seagull.
