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BYD launches 3 new electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show

Green Car Congress

In 2008, BYD launched the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show. BYD has ranked as number one for sales of new energy vehicles in China for 9 consecutive years. The green dream has long been a priority for BYD and is the vision for the future. Global leader in new energy vehicles.

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

Green Car Congress

—Luca de Meo, Audi Board Member for Sales and Marketing. The Part‑Time Scientists team was initiated in late 2008 by Robert Böhme, who works as an IT consultant in Berlin. We want to send a signal with our involvement with the Part‑Time Scientists and also motivate other partners to contribute their know‑how. Audi lunar quattro.

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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., Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008.

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