China Leading The Way To Electric Car Future: BYD, BMW Highlight Beijing Auto Show
News from the Beijing auto show this week includes electric SUV concepts from BYD, BMW, and Buick.
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20 BYD Electric Buses Launched On Beautiful Jeju Island In Korea
BYD has announced yet another rollout of 20 of its fully electric shuttle buses in South Korea’s Jeju Island. The project was comprised of 20 of BYD’s 15 passenger eBus-7 vehicles that, a perfect fit for the island’s narrow roads while still packing plenty of range (200 kilometers of range per charge).
BAIC Chairman: China Electric Car Production To Top 1 Million In 2018
Electric vehicle production in China will total more than 1 million cars next year, before rising to around 3 million a year by 2020, going by comments made recently by the chairman of the large auto manufacturer BAIC Group, Xu Heyi.
82 Cleantech Leaders Down To 40 — Inspiration Off The Charts
I thought the Zayed Future Energy Prize was cool when I first attended one of its awards ceremonies during the annual World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. I thought it was cooler after working with the Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) crew loosely for a couple of years to highlight prize winners and finalists. This year, I was added to the ZFEP Review Committee, which meant that I was in Abu Dhabi last week for a couple of days to help narrow 82 shortlisted candidates down to 40.
BYD Expects China To Shift 100% To Electrified Vehicles By 2030
The China-based auto and battery manufacturer BYD is expecting that China’s shift to so-called “new energy vehicles” — battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, etc. — will be completed by the year 2030, according to recent reports.
BYD Announces 1st Commercial SkyRail Line In Yinchuan, China
BYD announced that the first commercial application of its SkyRail monorail mass transit solution opened for operation in Yinchuan, China, on September 1, 2017. The SkyRail system in Yinchuan is the first monorail solution installed in China that uses a straddle design where the vehicle sits on top of the monorail, hanging over both sides.
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BYD Gives SkyRail System Its International Debut At C40 Summit In Mexico City
BYD’s elevated, layered urban transportation system SkyRail was given its international debut by the company at the recent C40 Mayors Summit in Mexico City, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica.
BYD Unveils SkyRail Test Track In Shenzhen, China
One of the top electric bus firms in the world, and also the company currently seeing the highest number of plug-in cars, BYD, has revealed its new SkyRail (monorail) system in Shenzhen, China. The system is being used at the company’s headquarters there. The reveal included the showcasing of a new, elevated SkyRail … [continued]
