BYD founded in Shenzhen by Wang Chuanfu as a rechargeable battery maker; expands into autos in 2003 (Qinchuan acquisition) and into commercial vehicles in 2010, leveraging in-house LFP cells to dominate Chinese electric trucking by the 2020s

BYD lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1211.HK); cell business funding enables 2003 entry into vehicles and 2010 launch of K9 electric bus — the platform that scales to Class 8 trucks

BYD opens North American HQ in Los Angeles and breaks ground on the Lancaster, CA bus and truck plant that would later assemble the 8TT Class 8 tractor for US drayage and port duty

BYD 8TT Class 8 day-cab tractor launched at ACT Expo Long Beach: ~125 mi range targeting drayage from California ports; built at Lancaster CA plant — the first US-assembled Class 8 BEV tractor in commercial fleets

BYD opens expanded Lancaster CA truck plant: ~500 units/yr capacity for 8TT and refuse trucks; first dedicated Class 8 BEV factory built on US soil

Anheuser-Busch deploys 21 BYD 8TT trucks at the Los Angeles brewery for short-haul beer delivery — largest US Class 8 BEV fleet at the time, leveraging California's HVIP voucher program for ~$120K/truck purchase incentive

BYD 8TT v2 launched with 422 kWh LFP Blade pack and 167 mi range; refresh leverages BYD's Blade Battery cell-to-pack tech first deployed in Han EV passenger sedan

BYD reports 1,000+ Class 8 trucks delivered globally (China + California ports); makes BYD the world's largest cumulative Class 8 BEV maker by units, ahead of Daimler, Volvo and Tesla

BYD T9 and T10 sleeper-cab variants previewed for China domestic long-haul market; pairs with battery-swap T9SW for sub-5-minute energy turnaround at expressway swap stations

BYD claims #1 NEV truck maker in China for CY2023 with ~50% domestic NEV-truck segment share; cumulative deliveries pass 30K units globally — driven by Beijing/Shanghai dump-truck and port-tractor procurement

BYD launches battery-swap heavy-truck program with State Grid in China; targets 100 swap stations along expressway corridors by 2027 — sub-5-min energy turnaround via standardized Blade Battery cassettes