BYD sold 490,200 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in October, up 10.97% YoY. Jan–Oct cumulative NEV sales were 3,621,700, down 2.16% YoY. Battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales in October were 305,700, up 37.38% YoY; plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were 177,400, down 17.22% YoY. Jan–Oct BEV cumulative sales were 1,935,700, up 5.86% YoY; PHEV cumulative sales were 1,626,000, down 11.02% YoY. October NEV exports were 170,200 vehicles.

Former US President Donald Trump, when asked whether he would invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the G20 summit, said he would.

Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation into an Oct. 31 incident in the city's 12th arrondissement where a homemade petrol bomb was thrown at a gendarme during nationwide protests. The explosion caused minor injuries to one gendarme; prosecutors are treating the case as attempted murder of a public official. Interior Minister Nunez said police faced significant violence during the demonstrations but overall order was maintained. The interior ministry reported about 320,000 people demonstrated nationwide on Oct. 31 and 779 arrests were made.