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CATL and BYD continued to hold the top two positions as the world's largest battery makers in the January-August period, with the former seeing a slight decrease in share and the latter an increase.

The Seal 06 GT, the production version of the Ocean-M concept, has already gone on pre-sale on August 30 at a price range of RMB 150,000 ($21,370) to RMB 200,000.

The Song family sold a record 89,135 vehicles in September and continued to be the top-selling BYD lineup.

BYD sold 164,956 passenger BEVs in September, up 9.1 percent year-on-year, and 252,647 PHEVs, its seventh consecutive record high since March, up 86.17 percent.

BYD is recalling 96,714 Dolphin and Yuan Plus vehicles in China starting September 30, for fire risk due to manufacturing process.

BYD has launched the BYD Shark hybrid pickup truck in Panama, its first hybrid model in the Latin American country.

BYD has launched the Yuan Up in Costa Rica, a compact SUV known locally as the BYD S1 Pro.

BYD's chief scientist expects solid-state batteries to be widely used in 5 years, starting with high-end models, the first time a BYD executive has spoken publicly on the topic in the last few years.

BYD gave the Xia its debut a month ago, saying at the time that the MPV would be priced in the RMB 300,000 yuan ($42,780) range.

BYD today saw its 9 millionth NEV, a Yangwang U9 electric supercar, roll off the assembly line, as it produced its latest 1 million vehicles in less than 3 months.