When Warren Buffett invests in a company no one’s heard of in China, people pay attention. Eleven years later, BYD remains unfamiliar to some. It is now the world’s biggest electric vehicle maker. Chinese EV producers including BYD have relied heavily on national subsidies. Beijing will reduce these by up to two-thirds from this year. Phase out will be complete in 2020. That means BYD profits, buoyed by more than $1bn in grants over the past five years, should take a hit.
當華倫•巴菲特(Warren Buffett)投資於一家在中國國內沒有人聽說過的中國公司時,人們會關注。11年後,比亞迪(BYD)對一部分人來說仍然陌生。它現在是世界上最大的電動汽車製造商。包括比亞迪在內的中國電動車製造企業嚴重依賴國家補貼。北京方面將從今年起減少這些補貼,削減幅度最高達到三分之二。到2020年將徹底取消補貼。這意味著,在過去五年裏得到逾10億美元補貼提振的比亞迪的利潤,將會受到打擊。