The Truth About Cars
APRIL 24, 2023
BYD, China’s largest electric automaker, isn’t as gung-ho about autonomous vehicles as many other auto industry giants. A company spokesperson recently said that BYD believes self-driving tech that is “fully separated from humans is very, very far away, and basically impossible.”&
The Truth About Cars
APRIL 5, 2024
Earlier today, Reuters reported that the automaker had ditched its efforts to develop the car and would look instead at developing autonomous taxis on the platform that would have underpinned it. It now seems that Tesla is following suit, despite repeated promises that it would develop a mass-market EV at a reasonable price.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JUNE 1, 2010
All-electric e6 vehicles made by BYD charge up in Shenzhen, where the cars are used as taxis. BYD is in position to benefit from China’s electric-car subsidies. Electric-car producers in China, such as Shenzhen-based BYD Co., Electric-car producers in China, such as Shenzhen-based BYD Co., Japan and Europe.
Qnovo
MARCH 2, 2021
We are in the midst of deep disruption to the auto industry. A handful of cell manufacturers dominate the making of cells: LG Energy Solutions (formerly part of LG Chem), Samsung SDI, cATL, SK Innovation, Panasonic, BYD are the most prominent names. The entire supply chain feels the pressure to adapt to electrification.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
In China, leading automakers BYD and Chery have announced plans to roll out their own electric models within the next two years. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. Investors, too, are excited.
Plug In India
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Pune city has expanded their Olectra-BYD electric buses to 300+ numbers in 2020. Olectra-BYD has contracts to supply 30 electric buses to Dehradun, 150 to Surat, 25 to Silvassa. It's now up-to the auto industry to launch more EV's. Mumbai's BEST has ordered 300+ buses from Tata Motors.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
And if you doubt that they will learn, check out my cover story about BYD in the new issue of FORTUNE, headed to subscribers and newsstands this week. BYD is an amazing company. Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania. BYD’s engineering prowess.
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