BYD's Stella Li tells BI she wants to put humanoid robots in every car showroom

BYD executive vice president Stella Li spoke to Business Insider at the Cannes Lions festival. Bloomberg/Getty Images Chinese EV giant BYD is taking on Tesla in the race to build humanoid robots. Top executive Stella Li told BI that she wanted to use the robots in the company's showrooms. The robots would help sell cars, but wouldn't replace the "emotional connection" of a human salesperson, Li said. BYD is developing its own rival to Tesla's Optimus robot, and one of the Chinese automaker'...