RIO DE JANEIRO – Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has been cleared from Brazil’s official registry of companies allegedly using slave-like working conditions after a successful court challenge.
According to court documentation reviewed by Reuters on Thursday, a Brazilian judge granted an injunction that removes the automaker from the government’s blacklist of firms accused of exploiting workers under slavery-like circumstances.
The legal victory allows BYD to distance itself from the serious labor allegations that had placed it on the government’s controversial registry.
