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BYD launches 3 new electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show

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features a ‘multi-load path’ structure controlling how energy is absorbed by the car in the event of a collision, minimizing intrusion into the passenger cabin. BYD’s new generation e-Platform 3.0, BYD e-Platform 3.0 Passenger protection is further enhanced by a reinforced body structure with high torsional rigidity.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

One of the first joint activities of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance will be participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November 2021. We hope to see other countries join us!

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JRC Report Concludes Extreme Weather Wont Affect Average Levels of European Crop Output for 2010; Yields Up, Although Acreage Down; Heat and Drought Have Huge Impact on Russia

Green Car Congress

Europe has faced a number of extreme weather events, such as floods and rain shortages, since the start of the year. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia were hit by floods in the spring. Tags: Climate Change Europe. Crop yield forecasts for 2010.

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China’s new energy buses are re-exported to Europe

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Per Thorsell, CEO of Bergkvarabuss, said: “As one of the largest bus companies in Sweden, it is vital that we participate and lead the entire transport industry, and the development of electrified public transport is one of the key steps in tackling climate change and achieving green development.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania. That track record—and that potential—is what persuaded Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, to buy 10% of BYD last fall for $230 million. This could turn out to be one of Buffett’s very best deals.

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