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Australia has a new cheapest electric car: MG ZS EV now $44,990 drive-away

EV Central

MG has settled the argument over the cheapest new electric car by shaving $2000 from the price of its updated ZS EV. READ MORE: BYD electric hatchback set to become Australia’s cheapest EV. There is one area the BYD wins on warranty: with the battery. BYD, on the other hand, offers eight-year/160,000km coverage.

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World's First Plug-In Hybrid Sales? So Far, Not So Good

Green Car Reports

Late last year, a small Chinese company achieved a milestone: It offered the world's first mass-produced plug-in hybrid vehicle for sale. BYD Automotive, of Shenzhen, started selling its 2009 BYD F3DM (for "dual mode") compact sedan in December. BYD said it hoped ultimately to sell 2000 F3DMs a. Not too well.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Marc Gunther Last Updated: April 13, 2009: 9:29 AM ET Warren Buffett with BYDs E6. BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

Unfortunately, both the Nexon and Tigor Ziptron are not available for commercial sales. Nudged them to consider the BYD. Was 2000 hrs by then. Delhi Police waits patiently till the vehicle comes up for sale, and then recovers all the dues.) Chatted up with a few curious cabbies and did the electric math with them.