India, April 24 -- Back in 1995, an outfit based out of Shenzhen, China, began manufacturing nickel cadmium batteries, designed to power mobile phones. Flash forward nearly three decades later, and, following a landmark investment from Warren Buffet the company known as BYD or Build Your Dreams has officially surpassed Tesla as the world's largest EV maker.

As of last year, BYD was exporting over 240,000 cars across 70 countries. Outside of China, where its dominance is undisputed, BYD now leads EV sales in Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Israel and Brazil. BYD's almost surreptitious ascent to monolith status has brought into sharp relief the chief requirements that an EV maker needs to possess to rule the sales charts. Acco...