Originally published on EV Obsession. The BYD America Vice President, Michael Austin, was recently quoted in an interview with Autoblog as saying that the (possible) introduction of the BYD Qin electric vehicle to the US would be a game-changer. Of course, the Vice President also noted that the company currently has … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The BYD America Vice President, Michael Austin, was recently quoted in an interview with Autoblog as saying that the (possible) introduction of the BYD Qin electric vehicle to the US would be a game-changer. Of course, the Vice President also noted that the company currently … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. We have been talking a lot since the beginning of the year about which company sold the most electric cars in 2015. For the purposes of this story, “electric” is defined as any car with a plug, whether it is a plug-in hybrid like the Chevy … [continued]
Here at CleanTechnica, we regularly cover all of the great work BYD is doing — cranking out great electric buses, selling several plug-in hybrid cars in China, and the impressive adoption of the fleet EVs BYD is selling around the world. Today, I am especially excited because we get to see what that production looks like on the … [continued]
Here at CleanTechnica, we regularly cover BYD’s electric buses and its electric cars, so I was excited at the chance to get more detail on its work in the utility-scale storage space and its photovoltaic (PV) solar modules when I attended Solar Power International for CleanTechnica last month. EVs were represented at the show as well, … [continued]
Electric battery-powered cars are more in demand in China than ever. After five years of the Chinese government offering incentives for electric cars, the transition to electricity is picking up speed. BYD Co., the Shenzhen-based maker of electric buses and fully electric and plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars is out front and doing well. … [continued]
Also published on EV Obsession & GAS2. Chris and I had a lot of fun this week running down four hot electric car stories. We had some really interesting updates regarding the Apple electric car and Tesla Model 3 to play with, as well as a huge one from BYD … [continued]
China is now one of the largest electric car markets in the world. It still has a long way to go to kick gasmobiles off its roads, but even the share of cars that are electric has risen substantially, jumping from 0.08% in 2013 to 0.25% in 2014… based on … [continued]
Those on the lookout for a new plug-in hybrid SUV have an interesting new option on the table with the upcoming release of the BYD Tang 542 plug-in hybrid SUV — which may have a price tag as low as $35,000 when released in China, according to Car News China. … [continued]
Editor’s Note: we’ve been covering BYD’s cost-competitive electric bus for a long time now, and have enthusiastically shared news of many small orders, but orders totaling 1,800 electric buses is huge. Let’s hope we see more such orders soon. Originally published on the ECOreport. Build Your Dreams’ (BYD) sale … [continued]
