How BYD beat Tesla

There’s a new biggest name in EVs, and if you live in the US, you pretty much can’t buy one. But before we get to that, we have some stuff to catch up on: The Verge's Hayden Field joins us for a round of “Big Deal Medium Deal Small Deal” with some AI news, from the launch of ChatGPT Health to the recent viral moment for Claude Code. After that, The Verge’s Andy Hawkins joins the show to explain how BYD recently eclipsed Tesla as the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles, what makes its cars so desirable, and when you, too, might be able to buy a Dolphin Surf. Finally, David tackles a question from the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email ⁠vergecast@theverge.com⁠!) about giving your kids iPads instead of iPhones, and whether all screen time is created equal.

Further reading:

• ⁠Car influencers love Chinese EVs — and China loves them back⁠

• ⁠Tesla’s fourth quarter sales fell a lot more than expected⁠

• From Inside EVs: ⁠A Guide To BYD, The Chinese Automaker That Just Surpassed Tesla⁠

• ⁠Anthropic wants you to use Claude to ‘Cowork’ in latest AI agent push⁠

• ⁠Anthropic shakes up C-suite to expand its internal incubator⁠

• ⁠OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records⁠

• ⁠Google brings buy buttons to Gemini and AI search⁠

• ⁠Grok is undressing children — can the law stop it?⁠

• ⁠Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI⁠

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