BYD Founder Wang Chuanfu Brings Affordable EVs to the Masses
At the headquarters of BYD Co. in Shenzhen, a wall crammed floor to ceiling with about a thousand framed patents stands as a testament to the company's innovation. These patents, representing more than 30,000 breakthroughs, highlight the ingenuity of the electric vehicle (EV) maker's billionaire founder, Wang Chuanfu, and his team of engineers. Among these innovations is the low-cost lithium-iron-phosphate…