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Volkswagen and BYD Agree to Explore Partnership for Hybrids and EVs

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen is also a member of the Lithium Ionen Batterie LIB 2015 (Lithium-Ion Battery LIB 2015) consortium in Germany, which includes Evonik and Li-Tec, Bosch and BASF The consortium is investing €360 million for research and development of lithium-ion batteries. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The third phase will be released around 2015. BYD’s all-electric e6 production line at the company’s base in Shenzhen was “ready for manufacturing&# in March, but was only producing the gasoline-powered F6, according to Yang Binbin, who writes for Caixin magazine, a business publication based in Beijing.

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