- Chinese automaker BYD dethroned Tesla as the leader in global new electric vehicle (NEV) sales in the first six months of this year. - The Shenzhen-based company sold over 640,000 vehicles from January through June, while Tesla sold 564,000. - Tesla exclusively sells fully electric cars while BYD’s car sales include hybrid cars with gasoline engines. - Tesla has blamed its sales performance on supply chain issues due to COVID-19, while BYD is predicted to have remained largely unaffected because it produces many of its parts in-house. - Billionaire Warren Buffet’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, was an early investor in...