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As BYD announced a little more than a month ago, it is getting into the ocean vessel business. The world’s top seller of electric vehicles has started buying ocean vessels to ship its electric cars around the world. Talk about vertical integration — from batteries to ocean vessels, BYD is taking the future into its hands and building its dreams. Okay, that was probably a touch too far, but it also feels 100% true. Wang Chuanfu wasn’t joking when he named this company.
Now, BYD’s first ocean vessel is on its first journey. Explorer No. 1, which is apparently the name of BYD’s first vessel, is on its way from Shenzhen, China, to … well … somewhere. Specifically, Explorer No.1 departed from Xiaomo International Logistics Port, after being delivered to Yantai Port in Shandong…
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