BYD’s SkyShuttle connects the company’s headquarters with the Shenzhen Pingshan high-speed railway station. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)

SHIZUKA TANABE, Nikkei staff writer |

GUANGZHOU — Electric vehicles aren’t the only business on wheels that is growing for China’s BYD.

A ship carrying five BYD monorail cars set sail in May from China’s Jiangsu province, headed for Brazil. The cars will be used on a 17.7-kilometer line being built by the Sao Paulo Metro. The line will reportedly begin operation as early as 2026.

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