The fire at BYD headquarters has been brought under control. No casualties.

Published: Jun 20, 2019 15:07 (GMT+8)
BYD said that the current understanding of the situation is that external construction units in the demolition of Pingshan BYD plant 20 idle equipment in the process of fire, fire has begun to put out the fire, the fire has been controlled, no casualties. The specific cause of the accident needs further investigation.

SMM6 20: 10 or so, in Shenzhen Pingshan BYD global headquarters 21, 22 plant employees received an emergency notice from the company-21, 22, 23 factories in addition to Anhuan personnel on duty, all employees take a day off today. It is reported! Managers do not allow employees to return to the plant and go straight home.

According to people near the BYD plant, it was a safety accident in several adjacent factories that ignited the fire. As for the cause of the fire, it is not clear, SMM will continue to update, fire progress, wish all peace, production of thousands, safety first. While working hard to dream, please also pay attention to the safety of life and property.

According to the results of the first quarter of 2019, BYD's gross operating income was 30.3 billion yuan, total operating income increased by 22.5 percent over the same period last year, attributable net profit was 750 million yuan, and attributable net profit increased by 631.98 percent over the same period last year.

BYD sold 33920 new cars in May, down 10.2% from a year earlier to 189337 from January to May, up 1.29% from a year earlier. Of these, new energy vehicles sold 21899 vehicles in May, up 53.8% from a year earlier, and a total of 119082 vehicles from January to May, up 106% from a year earlier.

BYD expects a net profit of 14.5 billion yuan in January and June 2019, an increase of 202.65% to 244.40% over the same period last year. The company's 2019 annual sales target is 650000, and in addition to the construction of a relatively perfect dynasty series, but also in 2019 vigorously layout e-network product matrix. Recently released in May 2019 sales of KuaiBao, announced that the company in May 2019 new energy vehicle power battery and storage battery installed total capacity of about 1.312GWh, the cumulative total installed capacity of this year is about 6.903GWh. BYD has mastered the core technology of the three power companies, and has a solid position as the global leader in the field of new energy vehicles. The continued strong sales volume and the subsidy fund advance allocation system will bring the company scale effect and reduce the financial rate, and the performance has greater upward flexibility. take a good look at BYD's development trend for a long time.

BYD said that the current understanding of the situation is that external construction units in the demolition of Pingshan BYD plant 20 idle equipment in the process of fire, fire has begun to put out the fire, the fire has been controlled, no casualties. The specific cause of the accident needs further investigation.

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