Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD's third-quarter profit drops 27.5%

Reuters

Published Oct 28, 2021 07:41AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD Co (OTC:BYDDF) Ltd, which is backed by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday reported a 27.5% drop in third-quarter net profit.

BYD made a 1.27 billion yuan ($198.54 million) net profit in the three months to Sept. 30, down from 1.75 billion yuan in the same period last year.

BYD, which has partnerships with Japan's top automaker Toyota and Germany's Daimler (OTC:DDAIF) in China, said operating income grew 22% to 54.31 billion yuan.