After spending three days with the Byton team in Monterey, California, at the world famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, I talked to the team in detail on behalf of CleanTechnica about their upcoming M-Byte, which included a ride in the 85% ready prototype. You will also hear what other people had to say about the car. I was recovering a cold … but notice that not even that stops me from talking!
Electric car startup Byton will partner with Aurora to create full Level 4 autonomous driving systems for its cars. Production is expected to begin near the end of 2019 with the M-Byte electric SUV priced below $40,000.
Bringing a 21st-century mobility prototype to the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is a bold move that needs to be backed up. Byton did just that when it displayed and gave test rides of its M-Byte. It also chose the illustrious show to unveil its K-Byte concept in North America. But what you haven’t heard were the conversations over the past three days. And here is the extra scoop.
The second half of Q2 2018 has been notable and the flood of news from around the world continues. In China, the flood of developments is so massive that we can only show you a keyhole insight into what is happening.
Byton here, Byton there — with all the announcements, you would think the company is serious and actively pursuing its electric SUV. And we couldn’t be happier hearing that after Byton secured a healthy $500 million Series B funding round last week, it is now planning an electric SUV for 2021.
When you think about electric cars, chances are your mind conjures up the coyly, charming face of Elon Musk, founder of Tesla. He tells us how humans should become a multi-planetary species and how, yes, somewhere along the way, we will drive chic and clean electric cars. The future is possible! It is within reach, if we just bundle our technological and entrepreneurial might.
We’ve previously written about Byton, a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup that hopes to conquer the global market with its autonomous design and generous internal display, as well as other important features. The company just announced it has secured a Series B funding round to the tune of $500 million.
Byton has been discretely building the bits and pieces that all modern, hopeful electric vehicle (EV) startups need for a bright future. The company just recently announced that in order to expand its international reach and establish its brand recognition, it acquired a facility near Los Angeles, giving it a foothold in one of the biggest EV hotspots in the country.
Tesla recently posted a job opening for a Model Y engineer, suggesting it is moving forward with plans to produce its affordable electric SUV, but other companies are looking to get in on the fun as well.
In a fairly interesting bit of news, it seems that the relatively new US-based startup Aurora will be providing the China-based electric vehicle startup Byton with self-driving car systems — as per the terms of a new agreement between the two.
