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BYD Auto Introducing Performance Hybrids in an Effort to Expand

Benji Jerew — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:49:15 +0000

Economic growth in China has been stunning, but not necessarily consistent, which isn’t exactly good for young companies like BYD Auto Company, which only started selling cars in 2003. Here we are, ten years later, and BYD Auto sales simply haven’t taken off. One problem could be visual, most models borrowing from designs I remember […]

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BYD Auto to Supply Zero-Emission EV Minicabs to London

Benji Jerew — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:02:37 +0000

The UK’s public fleets are getting cleaner every month, it seems, including an electric bus trial, and an electric-vehicle [EV] only car-sharing club. This week’s special announcement includes fifty new EV minicabs, which will soon be roaming the streets of London. By soon, we mean early 2013, when Green Tomato Cars, which already has a […]

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"BYD E6" Electric Car Launched Officially in China – Can Do 300 Miles per Charge

Mike Sandru — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:23:25 +0000

Chinese auto-maker BYD in collaboration with the famous US investor Warren Buffett, has officially released its first all-electric car that will be available to private buyers. Launched last week in the southern town of Shenzhen, the “BYD e6” electric car will have a price of around 300,000 yuan (about $46,800). The vehicle’s 75 kW motor […]

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