GUANGZHOU -- BYD, China's largest producer of electric vehicles, is switching gears as sales slump, leveraging its battery expertise to make inroads in smart-city planning and other energy management solutions.
"Automobiles is just one piece of the operation," Liu Xueliang, BYD's general manager for Asia-Pacific auto sales, told Nikkei in an interview. "Our company holds other key businesses outside of autos, such as batteries, information technology and monorails."
