Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
In March, BYD chief executive officer Wang Chuanfu announced that in the first half of 2010 the company will sell only 100 e6 cars, to a taxi company in Shenzhen. Most electric-car makers are working under the assumption that once the battery runs down, cars will recharge at home rather than on the road – limiting the cars to short distances.
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. Or No Cars?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries.
EV Sales
MARCH 22, 2021
The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. If Norway also had an auto or EV-battery industry, no country could catch it in the charts. Also, Portugal is where Jose calls home. Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold. Domestic sales and market share also advanced, from 1.9%
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