China’s BYD Visits Mexico’s Jalisco State as Potential Site for EV Plant

(Bloomberg) — China’s top electric-vehicle maker, BYD Co., sent a delegation to the Mexican state of Jalisco to consider building an EV plant there.

Company executives from China met with state officials last week, according to Roberto Arechederra, Jalisco’s economic development secretary. The company also met with Chinese suppliers already in Jalisco, such as Haitian, which makes machines for autoparts, he said in an interview.