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Report: sales of hybrid and electric vehicles in China disappoint automakers

Green Car Congress

In addition, BYD said that it has only sold 54 electric vehicles E6 and 290 F3DM hybrids between January and October. sales manager of a 4S store of Dongfeng Honda said that consumers are not buying new energy vehicles because they don’t trust the new technology and they don’t want to pay extra in order to save petrol.

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Electric Car Watch #5: BYD's Blade Battery & World leader

Plug In India

BYD's subcompact Dolphin electric car using blade batteries The 2022 BYD E6 large people mover electric car sold in India at 29.1 The 2022 BYD E6 large people mover electric cars are being sold in select markets for around Rs 21 lakhs. BYD India Plans Regarding India, we have seen the BYD e6 passenger and cargo vans on Indian roads.

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Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD’s plug-in hybrid F3DM went on sale (for fleet operators) late last year, and it’s supposed to launch its first all-electric model — the E6 — in the second half of 2009. BYD plans to sell its electric E6 and a plug-in hybrid sedan in the U.S.

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Electric Car Watch #10: Tata, Mahindra vs Tesla vs Chinese vs MNC’s

Plug In India

The MNCs - Hyundai, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, MG, Skoda - all sold 62,778 units. Did you know when I went to buy my e2o 6 years ago, the dealership tried to sell me on the soon to be launched KUV instead? BYD have started selling the e6 passenger and cargo vans with their blade battery. The numbers must be in the few hundreds.

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