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BYD e6 EV now available for consumers in China

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The BYD e6 electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will now be available for consumer purchases in China; previously, the e6 was only available for fleet purchases. BYD e6s have been in operation in government and taxi fleets for nearly 18 months. million fleet miles (or 6 million km).

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First European BYD e6 EVs to arrive in Rotterdam City

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BYD Company Ltd (BYD) and Rotterdam City entered into an agreement to deliver BYD’s all-electric e6 vehicles as part of the Netherlands’ green transportation project “75-EV-RO”; these will be the first BYD e6s in Europe. Netherlands Prince Maurits van Oranje test drives the BYD all-electric e6 in Rotterdam. Click to enlarge.

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Report: BYD to test market e6 EV in US in 2011

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plans to start test-marketing the e6 battery-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) in the US next year after almost a year’s delay, and is in talks with officials in Los Angeles to supply e-buses that could eventually lead to a manufacturing plant in the city. The Wall Street Journal reports that China’s BYD Co.

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

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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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BYD's Auto Expo Presentation - Our Thoughts

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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.

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BYD electric car available now in China

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It has seemingly been talked about for years – but now the BYD e6 electric vehicle has finally been made available for consumer purchases in China.

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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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Electric vehicle suppliers BYD and Mitsubishi have expressed their commitment to provide e6 and i-MiEV electric cars, respectively. The electric utility company, Codensa, will also support the pilot project by providing the required electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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