BYD is coming for Europe-but high labor costs, connectivity issues, and stubbornly loyal customers might trip up the Warren Buffett-backed EV maker that's leaving competitors in a 'state of shock'

If you asked the typical European or American about BYD a couple of years ago, only the biggest petrol-head or an astute follower of Warren Buffett's portfolio could have given you a confident answer on what the company does. It's taken a brutal price war with Elon Musk and an ascension to the top of the Chinese car pyramid to change that. Now that it's left competitors in a "state of shock," BYD has become hard to ignore. However, as BYD fights a declining share price, Europe's automakers have a few reasons to be optimistic that they will fare better…