Qin Plus and Song Plus hybrid models do not meet emissions standards in the country. Thursday’s accusations sent BYD’s Hong Kong-listed shares down 5.4%, but the whistleblower’s own stock fell 7.3% by market close.
There’s a lot at stake for BYD. Its hybrid deliveries have doubled to reach nearly 400,000 in the first four months of this year, accounting for more than half total sales and helping it to quintuple net profit in the quarter ending March. But shareholders in both groups have reason to worry about the sight of executives informing on their rivals. Such behaviour brings back memories of growing pains in the technology sector, where cutthroat competition encouraged some companies to adopt tactics that ended up backfiring. Tencent
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