Earlier this week the Shenzhen based automaker BYD announced plans to open a new facility in the USA to build electric buses for the US market. BYD’s Vice President Stella Li announced plans at the company’s zero emissions US headquarters, and announced that the first ten buses will be heading to Long Beach and will be in service in early 2014.
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BYD released the first official pictures of their new SUV, the BYD S7. To the chagrin of BYD detractors everywhere, it isn’t the Photoshopped Lexus RX 450h that surfaced earlier this year.
The S7 will offer several interior trims. Among the available features are 360-degree…
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The BYD Su Rui Sedan seems to be BYD’s game changing vehicle, the Su Rui was unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April this year and launched shortly afterwards with pricing starting at 80,000RMB and topping out at around 120,000RMB. The Su Rui has now become known as the BYD G5 for overseas markets and will soon be exported out of China. In the meantime,…
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The BYD Qin Hybrid is an entirely new hybrid from the makers of the original BYD F3 DM, the Qin was aired in concept form at the Beijing Auto Show in April where it was well received by media and consumers, however the real focus of that auto show was on the Su Rui sedan, the donor vehicle for the Qin’s electric hybrid engine. The F3DM was criticized…
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BYD seems to be gaining strength, the Su Rui compact and the Si Rui mid size sedan were on show in Guangzhou with their nifty power 1.5T direct injection power plants and dual clutch gearboxes but the real star of the BYD line up is the BYD E6. The E6 debuted first as a taxi vehicle but then later came to the market as a personal model.
For the majority of this year the top selling brands have been VW, followed by Nissan. In the wake of the Anti-Japan protests in China, Nissan has dropped from the top spot like a lead balloon.
BYD’s Su Rui sedan has a cousin in the BYD Si Rui. The name is similar, and the exterior looks similar too, so what are the differences? We’re not entirely clear if this model is placed above the Si Rui or below it either, but we can tell you that like the Su Rui it is packed with technology. A 12.1 inch screen is the obvious focal point in the center…
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Qoros are still on with their plans to become a major player in the auto industry, the Israeli-Chinese JV are still on track with their plans to launch their first model in March next year. The company has set up its HQ in downtown Shanghai and also has a joint production facility in Changshu, 100km from Shanghai, in partnership with Chery.
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Twelve BYD E6 cars are…
BYD has three problems, firstly the company…
2011 was a bad year for BYD, 2012 is even worse. Profit seems to be down 94% for the entire BYD group which includes much more than just car making, the good news is that their BYD F3 Su Rui was just launched, a turn around seems do-able!
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Read More →BYD’s new flagship compact sedan, the F3 Plus, or Su Rui in Chinese, is going to launch on September 10th which is just 30 days away. In the meantime to keep BYD fans salivating at the thought of a high value low cost sedan, BYD released renders of the final product earlier today.
The BYD F3 Plus is not to be sniffed at, the car may…
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When BYD’s sales…
When you run a National Park in the Netherlands, green is going to be the top of your agenda when shopping for new buses for your fleet. BYD beat out international competition to become the sole supplier of electric buses to the Freisland Provincial Government who required new vehicles for their fleet.
BYD put forward a strong case for its buses…
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BYD have had a lot of negative press over the past few months which has somewhat overshadowed their massive technological strides in developing new engines and gearboxes. This time around two BYD dealers have announced that anybody buying the E6 will have to go to the government to settle their subsidy claims as the dealers wont be advancing consumers…
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BYD is becoming self sure at long last, the Shenzhen…
BYD’s new compact sedan came down the production lines in their Changsha factory yesterday. The production launch of this sedan comes at a critical time for BYD as they move from being well known for their cheap cloned cars, into a company capable of developing high end technology with equally high end services.
BYD and Daimler’s electric creation took to the auto show floor for the first time at the Beijing Auto Show this week. The cooperation between a world famous electric car company and a not so famous car company did initially come as a shock to the auto world, but both have clear points that both companies need: Mercedes has engineering, luxury…
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BYD launched their vision for tomorrow with the introduction of the Qin dual mode hybrid car and also…
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BYD revealed a concept called the “Qin,” which is a plug-in vehicle set to replace their F3DM last week. Toda it was finally seen live, ready for the auto show.
The Denza, or Chinese – Tengshi, concept electric vehicle was seen arriving today in Beijing for the auto show. Denza is the result of partnership of China’s BYD Auto and Mercedes’ parent company Daimler to make a brand for electric vehicles.
C-NCAP has released the result of the first batch of crash tests in 2012. A total of ten cars were crash tested, and nearly…
BYD revealed the “Qin” concept, which will become the company’s 2nd generation plug-in hybrid. Their first plug-in hybrid, the F3DM was introduced in 2008 but didn’t have strong sales, like most green vehicles in China.
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BYD and Daimler’s JV turned a few heads when the project was first announced, what would a world leading premium car maker see in a low cost car maker? The answer of course was electric technology. The two focused their two distinct advantages, EV and premium car building ability, into a new brand that would take over the world. Daimler haven’t mentioned…
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When Daimler, the world’s leading luxury car manufacturer, decided to create a joint venture with BYD, China’s leading economy car manufacturer, the automotive world was slightly confused. How would this relationship come about? Obviously BYD’s electric vehicle technology coupled with Daimler’s luxury ability was key to creating a new brand that would…
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Veolia, the Finish public transport company, has inked a deal with BYD to supply electric buses to Espoo city, a suburb of Helsinki. As part of the agreement, Veolia Transport Finland will conduct real operations with BYD eBUS-12 in Espoo for three years. The Technical Research Centre of Finland…
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Where is the world’s biggest fleet of electric vehicles? Perhaps it is in a more cosmopolitan western city such as San Francisco, New York, London or Paris? Actually its not so surprising to learn that is in Shenzhen, the home of BYD Auto. BYD in recent years strived to put its electric know how onto the roads, however it has come across road blocks…
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BYD’s rise and fall has been well documented, the seven year old automotive company came from nowhere to become one of the best selling car brands in 2009 but quickly fell from the top in 2010 and 2011, all new companies go through periods of maturing and BYD is certainly maturing fast. It’s current range of upgraded and new generation vehicles are…
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Last week we brought you the exterior and a brief low down on what…
BYD’s original F3 proved…
The BYD S6 has…
Xia Zhi Bing left…
From Bloomberg
BYD Co. (1211), the automaker partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., rose to a two-month high in Hong Kong after the People’s Daily today reported China’s government will exempt three of the company’s electric car models from vehicle-usage tax charges.
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The BYD G6 is already a handsome car with a decent 1.5T engine and also a fairly strong tech line up under the hood, however BYD are eager to bring out the L6 which will sit above the G6 but look somewhat similar to the G6. Confused? It seems that although BYD have cleaned out their dealer network of dead wood the product line is in need of a shake…
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The BYD F3 has been…
The current BYD F0 comes with a 1.0L engine…
Looking back six years ago, there were hardly any non VAG turbo vehicles out there, it seemed as if VW and its portfolio of brands had a death grip on that side of technology, but fast forward to 2012 and we have a myriad of companies offering gasoline turbo engines in the Chinese market, including Chinese companies.
Turbo powered engines are becoming…
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Dream, is a very common word in the slogans of BYD….
BYD’s apparent…
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of BYD but their continual use or should we say car designs that were inspired by existing cars seems to be the fledgling car company’s greatest drawback, where BYD have gained great ground in developing the latest generation of EV’s they have lost a lot of ground in the great PR war to their copied cars, but not with…
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Not long ago I wrote an article for China Car Times on how I believed that after a few missteps, BYD would ultimately prevail. We now have partial confirmation that I was on to something. It has been reported that BYD’s Q3 profits are up an astonishing 582% with the Q4 outlook even more positive. Granted, BYD’s profits are still down for the year,…
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BYD’s S6 SUV is already a popular model in the Chinese market, September sales ran to some 7000 units and may cause some worry at Greatwall, Zotye and Chery – all of whom already have best selling SUV’s in the market. BYDs’ entry into this segment did not come as a surprise but the cars size, power and quality at its price segment have come as a shock…
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BYD’s fiscal report for the third quarter shows that the company’s operating revenues in the first three quarters of this year decreased 4.34% from a year earlier to 34.334 billion yuan, and its profits in the period fell 85% from a year earlier to 352 million yuan.
The company’s operating revenues in the third quarter increased…
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Chinese battery and car maker BYDCo. said its first-half profit plunged 89%, hurt by intensified competition and the end of government subsidies for car buyers.
BYD said Monday…
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According to this report from India’s Economic Times, American consumers are not entirely ready for an influx of low cost…
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After the State Grid, China’s major power grid builder and operator, chose battery swap as the key means to recharge electric vehicles, China Southern Power Grid, the other power grid builder and operator in China, made the same decision.
No matter it’s battery replacement or battery recharging, the non-uniform technical standards for…
Read More →The Besturn B90 will be FAW’s largest sedan under the Besturn brand and will compete with the likes of the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry in the mid size sedan segment. However, it should be noted that other mid size cars from other Chinese car makers such as Geely’s EC8, Chery’s G6 and BYD’s F6 have failed to net any major sales. Chinese cars in this…
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China Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced the automobile output and sales figures for July on August 10th. China’s auto output and sales in July hit 1,306,100 units and 1,275,300 units respectively, down 6.96% and 11.19% from a month earlier, up 1.26% and 2.18% from a year earlier. The auto output and sales in Jan-July…
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Hertz Rental has added the BYD E6 to its fleet marking the first time that the global car rental company has added a New Energy Vehicle (NEV) to its fleet of cars in China. The E6 will initially be available in the Shenzhen area, close to BYD’s HQ, but is expected to role out across China at a later point.
Hertz has focused its rental NEV policy…
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BYD announced on August 6th…
Roewe E1, a small pure electric car from…
Riich dealerships in Beijing are closing down and withdrawing from the market, which leads to reflections over the situation of China’s high-end homegrown brands. Some people think it’s not the right time for homegrown automakers to launch high-end brands. It’s true that the homegrown brands are not so successful in their expansion…
Read More →BYD and Daimler signed a joint venture several months ago with plans to build a new brand which would utilize BYD’s electrical know how and Daimler’s automotive engineering skills and would focus solely on building new energy cars. The two have pushed a design to the Chinese patent board which of course was leaked in rapid time to the internet, the…
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