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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple.

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