 The study appears in the journal Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Maria Godoy, NPR News. As it continues efforts to dethrone Tesla as the world's biggest maker of electric vehicles, China's BYD has inaugurated its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand. It's only just south of Bangkok, was built in 16 months, and is expected to produce 150,000 vehicles a year. This is NPR.