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BYD launches new Han sedan and Tang SUV with lower prices

CN EV Post

BYD announced today that the two models received 8,196 orders on the day they were launched on March 16. BYDDY.US | BYD HK (Image credit: BYD) As the price war in China's auto industry continues, BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) has launched revamped versions of its flagship sedan and flagship SUV at lower prices than previously available models.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., The battery-powered cars that Chinese companies are showing are intended to be much less expensive than those planned by big foreign companies. Gasgoo.com | ?? |

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Tokyo 2023 revisited: Every electric concept debut from the best motor show in years

EV Central

Maybe Tesla and the Chinese aren’t just going to just roll over the rest of the auto industry after all. The LF-ZL is the LF-ZC’s SUV sibling and capabilities and timing are much the same. As silly as it looked, apparently still very relevant to the next generation Nissan Juke compact SUV. Daihatsu me:Mo Daihatsu me:MO.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. BYD also developed the motors and software for the system.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. Blending the MPG of SUVs and small cars understates the real consumption and rewards automakers for building gas hogs and unsafe micro cars which makes people want to buy "safe" gas hogs. Way to go morons.

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