Sri Lanka, June 11 -- Cementing its status as a global New Energy Vehicle (NEV), BYD has topped the global rankings for most innovative automotive group in the Automotive INNOVATIONS Report 2026, published by Germany's Centre of Automotive Management (CAM), the first time in the study's 21-year history that a Chinese automaker has claimed the top position.

BYD secured the ranking with an innovation index score of 157 points, ahead of Volkswagen Group at 143 points and Mercedes-Benz at 134 points.

The ranking is published annually by the Centre of Automotive Management (CAM), one of the automotive industry's most rigorous independent benchmarks, which evaluated over 860 individual innovations across 36 global automakers and more than 100...