BYD Making At Least 2,000 Cars a Day Less as Covid Hits Workers

Chinese carmaking giant BYD Co. is the latest large-scale manufacturer to be hit by the nation’s wave of Covid infections, with a top executive saying production is being curtailed to the tune of at least 2,000 cars a day.

“These few days Covid has infected a bunch of our workers, severely impacting our production,” BYD Executive Vice President Lian Yu-bo said at the APEC SME Business Forum 2022 in Shenzhen on Thursday. “Every day we’re producing 2,000 to 3,000 fewer cars.”