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Chinese automaker BYD Company on Monday announced the plan to enter Israel, one day after the company announced the entry of its passenger car business into Germany and Sweden.
BYD has appointed Shlomo Motors as its national distributor in Israel, which will provide sales, after-sales and service support to local customers, according to a press release.
BYD will launch a new website for local customers in August, allowing them to order vehicles online.
The carmaker will start opening showrooms throughout Israel in September, giving customers the opportunity to experience BYD’s products and learn more about its pioneering technology, BYD said. The first two showrooms will open in September in Petach Tikva and Haifa, followed by Jerusalem in October and Be’er Sheva in December.
The first BYD passenger car shipment is scheduled to arrive at the Israeli port of Eilat in the third quarter of this year, it said.
In November last year, BYD said that it had won orders for 100 pure electric buses in Israel, the largest ever tender for pure electric buses there. The cars will be delivered to Egged, Israel’s largest public transportation operator, in 2022, marking the third time Egged has purchased BYD’s pure electric buses.
Notably, BYD said one day earlier announced partnership with European auto dealer Hedin Mobility to open stores in Sweden, Germany in October. Read more …
Late last month, BYD said announced its entry into the passenger car market in Japan, unveiling three battery electric vehicles (BEVs) – the BYD Seal, Dolphin and Atto 3. BYD said at the time that the Atto 3 was expected to launch in Japan in January 2023, the Dolphin in mid-2023 and the Seal in the second half of 2023.