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BYD launches 3 new electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show

Green Car Congress

BYD is launching three new battery-electric passenger vehicles in Europe at the Paris Motor Show, including the BYD ATTO 3, a C-segment SUV designed with the European customer in mind; the BYD TANG, a 7-seater with variable all-wheel drive; and the sporty sedan BYD HAN. In Europe, BYD is dedicated to making mobility solutions emission-free.

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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

Green Car Congress

Four wheel hub motors power the drive system—their interplay makes the rover an e-quattro. The goal here is to further improve performance by additional improvements to the electric motors, power electronics and battery. —Luca de Meo, Audi Board Member for Sales and Marketing. The theoretical maximum speed is 3.6

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Equip those cars with electric motors, and fuel costs drop to $400 a year and emissions are reduced to about 1.5

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