The EV maker faces a crowed market, with rivals like XPeng and Telsa, which have all cut prices.

Second-quarter profits drop 30 per cent for the world’s largest EV maker, despite 145 per cent year-on-year rise in overseas deliveries.

Hong Kong-listed shares of BYD fell more than 6% after the Tesla rival reported a quarterly profit drop amid a price war in its domestic industry.

The EV maker faces a crowed market, with rivals like XPeng and Telsa, which have all cut prices.

BYD has slashed its sales target for this year by as much as 16% to 4.6 million vehicles, two people with knowledge of the matter said.