johnson leases his vehicle from a transit company called comfortdelgro.ture that won him over was the battery life under cool and hot conditions. we are looking for a vehicle that has got a range of more than 500 kilometres with a single charge, and that is something that is, one, front and centre in our consideration. the other main consideration is cost. byd, which stands for build your dreams, at the moment is hard to beat. its vertically integrated supply chain keeps prices down, especially when it comes to the cost of batteries, the most expensive part of an ev. byd was a battery company long before it was a car company. they made batteries that went into consumer electronics products and cellphones in particular. so, their dream was to become a car company. mr russo is an auto analyst in shanghai. he says tesla is the pioneer of the ev category. tesla opened the gigafactory here in shanghai in 2020, launched the model 3. the rise of evs — it's not coincidental that tesla triggered the retail consumer interest in new energy vehicles, and that's benef