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Electric vehicles
Chinese EV maker’s reputation takes new hit in key South American market
BYD vehicles are produced at the company’s new factory in Camacari, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, on Feb. 3. © Reuters
TOKYO — Brazil’s labor ministry has added Chinese automaker BYD to a “dirty list” of companies that have “subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery,” as a scandal over a factory project haunts the brand in the crucial South American market.
