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BYD’s Executive Vice President, Stella Li, Named 2025 World Car Person Of The Year

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Chinese brand BYD’s Executive Vice President, Stella Li, named 2025 World Car Person Of The Year.

Marks the first time a woman will win the prestigious award and also the first for a Chinese brand.

Li impressed the World Car judging panel with her exceptional work as a key figure in BYD’s continued global growth.





Stella Li, the Executive Vice-President of BYD, has been named 2025 World Car Person Of The Year, marking the first time a woman will win the prestigious award and also the first ‘World Car Award’ win for a Chinese brand.

Li has been a key figure in BYD’s incredible international growth during the past twelve months. In 2024, the company also passed the impressive milestone of producing its 10-millionth new energy vehicle.

Jens Meiners, World Car Awards Chair Emeritus, said :

“Stella Li has impressed the World Car judging panel with her exceptional work as a key figure in BYD’s continued global growth. We’re delighted to announce Stella as the 2025 World Car Person of the Year.”

Li emerged the winner amongst the three World Car Person of the Year contenders earlier announced on January 10. The list included Stellantis’ Chief Design Officer, Ralph Gilles, and Toyota’s Head of Design and Chief Branding Officer, Simon Humphries.





A jury of 96 distinguished international automotive journalists from 30 countries voted on the contenders ‘based on who had made the most significant contribution to the global automotive industry during the previous calendar year’.

Commenting on being named 2025 World Car Person of the Year, Stella Li said :

“I am incredibly honoured to receive this prestigious award. This award is the result of the 110,000 R&D engineers at BYD who continue to provide us with the latest technological advances that are reflected in our electric vehicles and Super Hybrid DM-i technology.”





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