With more attractive prices, Chinese cars already represent 35% of the total imported electric vehicles in the country. In 2024, the presence of these companies is expected to increase with the arrival of two new players, Omoda and Jaecoo, both belonging to the Chery International group. This expansion is part of a trend that saw the market share of Chinese brands grow from 0.4% in 2021 to 35% this year, according to Bright Consulting data.

In October, BYD announced that it would occupy the former Ford factory in Camaçari, Bahia. At the time, in an interview with REsource, Marcello Schneider, Institutional Director at BYD, explained that Brazil has potential for the segment.

"The factories in Bahia, for example, come with the goal of making electrified cars a nationally made product and ensuring even more competitiveness for the brand's vehicles and accessibility, so that the Brazilian public, passionate about cars, can indeed fulfill the dream of having an electric car in the garage," he stated.

Another data brought by Bright Consulting was that there has been an increase in sales of Chinese electric vehicles. In 2021, 0.4% (of imports) were electric, and in 2022, this percentage increased to 8%, reaching 35% in 2023. In other words, one-third of the electric cars in the country are purchased from the Chinese.

In addition to providing electric chargers, office towers in São Paulo will need to comply with new rules from the São Paulo State Fire Department. Although cases of fires in electric cars are rare, with 25.1 fires per 100,000 cars, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), there is concern about the difficulty of controlling the flames.

The requirements studied by the Fire Department include increasing the technical water reserve for fire control, installing heat sensors in garages, and implementing mechanical smoke extraction systems.