Honda President says BYD’s electrical cars cant be too great
In an interview with the Chinese automotive website, auto.163.com, Honda’s president Mr.Takeo Fukui, downplayed any enthusiasm over BYD’s launch of the BYD F3DM (Dual Mode Electric Hybrid) sedan at the Guangzhou Auto Show.
Mr.Takeo Fukui believes that hybrid technology is still in its infancy, and for the large part, has not crossed the psychological barrier of 100km per charge, which would no doubt bring many consumers flooding into the dealerships looking for cheap EV cars. Mr.Takeo Fukui commented that BYD’s research into EV technology cannot be that great at this stage (BYD’s parent company is one of the leading producers and developers of cell phone batteries)
BYD succesfully launched their BYD F3DM model at the Guangzhou Auto Show and is expected to put the F3DM into production very soon. Pricing on the F3DM has yet to be announced, but CCT can easily predict it to be within the 150,000rmb barrier. If BYD can achieve such pricing, then we can only hope that they can produce them fast enough, as there will be a high massive demand for such a model in China, where many buyers prefer economy over styling.
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Honda is just another typical large car manufacturer that just wants to continue producing the cars they are making and filling their pockets with more money. Hopefully smaller companies with good ideas like BYD and American companies like Aptera make larger companies change their way of thinking.