BYD EVs Are Coming To Canada

The biggest Chinese EV maker is already in Mexico. Now, it's preparing to enter the U.S.' Northern neighbor.

The largest Chinese EV company is coming to Canada. Though saw unofficial evidence that BYD was preparing to enter the Canadian market yesterday, today we got an official confirmation, albeit one buried in a different press release.

In a joint press release from Uber and BYD, the companies announced a new partnership to offer Uber drivers discounted pricing and special financing on BYD EVs. That alone is big news, with a goal of bringing 100,000 new BYD EVs onto the Uber network. But in the first paragraph of the release, there was an interesting point about expansion plans.

Most of that isn't too notable. BYD already offers EVs in the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. But the company doesn't sell passenger vehicles in Canada. BYD sells busses there, as it does in the U.S., but the company's competitive consumer EVs aren't available up North.