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City of Hangzhou orders 2,000 BYD electric buses and 1,000 electric taxis

Green Car Congress

BYD Company Ltd. electric buses and taxis. Hangzhou is home to Alibaba, another high-tech Chinese company. The turning point of new energy is now, and we want to see BYD grow the same way we saw Jack Ma’s Alibaba grow years ago. —Secretary Gong Zheng of Hangzhou’s Municipal Committee.

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BYD: Autonomous Vehicles Are "Basically Impossible"

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BYD, China’s largest electric automaker, isn’t as gung-ho about autonomous vehicles as many other auto industry giants. A company spokesperson recently said that BYD believes self-driving tech that is “fully separated from humans is very, very far away, and basically impossible.”&

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Just bring them: Toyota’s electric future just got sexier

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Toyota bZ3X medium SUV is a full EV and roughly RAV4-sized Toyota says the two new EVs are “catering to Chinese customers,” so there’s no confirmation if these 2025-launching cars will become global models. Sadly, no technical details were revealed either.

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BYD and Hertz partnering on EV rentals in China

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BYD and The Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, announced a strategic partnership to promote new energy applications to propel the development of the EV markets in China. As part of the partnership, Hertz will rent BYD’s e6 electrical vehicle (EV) to Chinese consumers, municipalities and government agencies.

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BYD e6 Electric Crossover Will Be London Taxi, Still MIA In U.S.

Green Car Reports

The city of London, England is set to have its first all-electric taxi fleet from the second quarter of 2013. Taxi company greentomatocars and Chinese carmaker BYD have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see greentomato cars running a fleet of 50 BYD e6 electric crossovers.

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BYD Presents Happy Results From Chinese Electric-Taxi Test

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Automaker BYD is by far China's most aggressive when it comes to electric cars. It launched its F3DM sedan, the world's first production plug-in hybrid, back in December 2008--sales have been poor--and has been testing its all-electric e6 crossover with both taxi fleets in Shenzhen, China, and the Housing Authority of Los Angeles.

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Reuters: Tesla Has Ditched Its Affordable EV Efforts in Favor of Robotaxis

The Truth About Cars

Earlier today, Reuters reported that the automaker had ditched its efforts to develop the car and would look instead at developing autonomous taxis on the platform that would have underpinned it. It now seems that Tesla is following suit, despite repeated promises that it would develop a mass-market EV at a reasonable price.