article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

BYD's Auto Expo Presentation - Our Thoughts

Plug In India

Here is the BYD e6 electric car, but in today's video i want to talk to you about the PluginIndia team’s visit to the BYD stall at the Auto Expo. Will they ask me to purchase the entire 8-in-1 drivetrain system? But if you are willing to pay 34 lakhs for the Atto3 or 30 Lakhs for the BYD e6, why would you think about repairs.

BYD 52
article thumbnail

When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

BYD’s all-electric e6 production line at the company’s base in Shenzhen was “ready for manufacturing&# in March, but was only producing the gasoline-powered F6, according to Yang Binbin, who writes for Caixin magazine, a business publication based in Beijing. Chinese green-car subsidies on hold.

China 133
article thumbnail

Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

The tractor is going to be for the new 35 acre farm that he has purchased year ago. I guess if you are paying 10 lakh more for 100 km of added range, you must really have long distance in mind when you purchase an MG. Also meeting BYD e6 owner! The couple has rented an Air BnB - but have purchased a house close by.

article thumbnail

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. " One more thing reassured him.

BYD 62