China’s BYD now has the world’s largest R&D workforce of any automaker after its latest hiring spree. With over 900,000 employees, BYD aims to continue climbing the global sales charts as it advances new tech to promote longer-range, more affordable EVs. BYD becomes world’s largest automaker by R&D staff After selling more vehicles than Honda and Nissan in the second quarter of 2024, BYD became the world’s seventh-largest automaker. BYD sold 980,000 vehicles in Q2, representing a 40% jump from l...