BYD's Stella Li talks expanding the business and home robots

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Business Insider editor-in-chief Jamie Heller sits down with BYD executive Stella Li at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The two discuss how the Chinese manufacturer's business has grown and plans for future expansion in more global markets.

This Chinese EV has gullwing doors and a light show. I drove it to see if it's a Tesla rival.

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Guangzhou Automobile Group's Hyptec HT photographed with Marina Bay Sands in the background.
The Hyptec HT is a Chinese EV rival to Tesla's Model Y.

Azfar Hashim

The biggest winners from Tesla's sales slump

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Tesla Model Y vehicles sit on the lot for sale at a Tesla car dealership on May 31, 2023 in Austin, Texas.
Tesla's sales in the first quarter of 2025 were down 8.6% from the same time last year.

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The rise of Chinese Tesla rival BYD, which just hit a sales record

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People checking out a light-blue BYD Seal U on display.
The Seal U is one of BYD's latest electric-vehicle offerings.

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Chinese EV makers are outpacing Tesla in one key area

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A stop sign appears in the forefront of a Tesla factory.
China is outpacing Tesla in one key area, a new study found.

Sean Gallup

China's BYD just unleashed a hybrid pickup truck that has no rival in America — see the Shark

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A blue BYD Shark pick-up truck parked on the breach.
A BYD Shark hybrid pickup truck.

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I drove BYD's Seal electric car and Elon Musk may be grateful you can't buy one in the US

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BYD Seal

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How Tesla can win the EV wars even if its rivals outsell it

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk has called the strike action from Swedish workers "insane."

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Wall Street analysts tore down a Chinese Tesla rival and say it's exactly why Elon Musk should be worried about China

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A futuristic, silver sedan drives down a road in front of green trees.
The BYD Seal.

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