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Electric Car Watch #11: Hyundai's Electric Car Plans for India

Plug In India

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car watch, we will talk about Hyundai's sudden announcements regarding EV plans for India and if they can retain their market share in India by 2030. Tarun Garg, director sales and marketing for Hyundai Motor India, said, " We want to be a key contributor to the EV story in India.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The company also announced in June that it will build electric family sized minivans, SUVs and fleet vans with DOE funding (see article ) and it has formed a partnership with Daimler to provide powertrain components for the electric Smart car. Tesla Motors.

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Will China win the electric car race? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Those were the words of Henry Li, head of Build Your Dreams (BYD) Auto’s export and trade division, as he spoke about the staggering growth of his company which launched one of China’s first electric saloon cars earlier this year. Now, BYD is set to conquer America. How China plans to dominate the electric car race. Home field advantage.

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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. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. I have never seen anything like it."

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China and the Electric Car | Autos | Smart Spending | Mainstreet

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last fall, Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings unit of Berkshire Hathaway (Stock Quote: BRK.A ) paid $230 million for a 10% stake in BYD Auto (short for “build your dreams”), based in Shenzhen, China. market in 2011, along with a plug-in hybrid model, the F6DM. automakers in their own market. automakers in their own market.

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