BYD Co

BYD should find out within days whether it has sold enough cars to overtake Tesla for the first time on a quarterly basis.

Elon Musk once scoffed at the notion that BYD could compete with his company. Now, the automaker is poised to be the new no. 1.

(Nov 22): Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) and BYD Co saw sharp declines in sales of electrified-vehicle batteries in September as demand weakened in China, where the government is cutting subsidies in the EV sector.