Baua Electric
JUNE 14, 2024
A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add another 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. No other country is moving as aggressively. Surveys by J.D. Then there are the safety issues.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 3, 2024
VinFast, which competes with carmakers such as Tesla and China’s BYD, declined to comment. Separately, Green SM, EV taxi operator, mostly owned by VinFast’s founder, also plans to establish in India, the world’s third-largest automotive market, VinFast CEO Le Thi Thu Thuy told Reuters in October.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JUNE 1, 2010
Journal article: China to Subsidize Electric Cars. Here’s the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. All-electric e6 vehicles made by BYD charge up in Shenzhen, where the cars are used as taxis. BYD is in position to benefit from China’s electric-car subsidies. Japan and Europe.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 13, 2012
Remember earlier this year when a high-speed crash involving an all-electric BYD e6 electric taxi that burst into flames prompted safety concerns about electric vehicles (see article)? Well now the reasons for that fire have been revealed.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Quote from the article: “Investors, too, are excited. Here is the full text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. percent of $1.9
CN EV Post
MARCH 14, 2023
That may be hard in China, considering BYD and GAC have stronger positions in the taxi and ride-sharing segment, but XPeng recently signed deals with some local car rental companies to buy its P7 sedan, the team noted. We note BYD has an agreement with SIXT for 100,000 EVs and XPeng's vehicles fall into a similar price point.
Baua Electric
MAY 14, 2024
These articles cover three different aspects of the tragic tale, but all are authoritative, fact-filled pieces written by journalists with first-hand knowledge of what’s going on in the Middle Kingdom, and I recommend that you read all three (and weep). Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.
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