Transportation

Sheinbaum Says that BYD’s Plan for Mexico Plant Isn’t ‘Firm’

Chinese electric vehicle sales have grown in Mexico amid a global shift toward electric vehicles in the past years.

Photographer: Jeoffrey Guillemard/Bloomberg
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Mexico has not received a “firm” project proposal from China’s BYD Co. for a plant in Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday.

The president was responding to a question on whether China’s top electric-vehicle maker will open a plant in the country.