BYD continues its global charge into new cleantech markets at a breakneck pace. Following news of a new electric bus assembly factory in France and a full-blown factory in Hungary, BYD announced that it is expanding its operations in Campinas, Brazil, which originally opened in 2015. The company is adding a solar photovoltaic factory and an electric bus chassis assembly factory.
Brazil’s recent solar growth is attracting another major player into its market. According to pv magazine, Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has agreed in principle with the labor office in Campinas, Brazil, for a new solar PV manufacturing plant. BYD plans on spending $45 million (150 million Brazilian Reals), for the … [continued]
The rising star of the Chinese electric vehicle and solar energy technology world, BYD, is looking likely to continue rising, with the company now eyeing the Brazilian market. With the company’s first factory in the region — being constructed in Campinas, Sao Paulo — set to be up and running by … [continued]
One of the major players in the EV industry, BYD Auto, is now currently aiming for its first Brazilian (and first South American) manufacturing plant to open sometime in 2015. The factory — which is set to be built in the city of Campinas in the São Paulo region of … [continued]
