In South America, Chinese EVs Are Racing Ahead
BYD sales reps are picking up weekend shifts just to keep pace, delivering 12 to 15 cars a day to customers trading in gas-powered vehicles for a brand that many had never heard of just six months earlier.
EV market share in Argentina has soared in the second quarter of this year to 6 percent of new cars sold, including all-electric and plug-in hybrid models, an increase from less than 1 percent in the second quarter of 2025, according to the Global South Center for Clean Transportation at the University of California, Davis