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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. His only indulgences are a Mercedes and a Lexus, and they have a practical purpose: He takes their engines apart to see how they work. Department of Energy has purchased an F3DM to take the battery apart.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. Even annoying Mercedes Bus stopped dragging its feet and delivered what seems like a couple hundred E-buses; somewhere around 5% of Germany’s new buses last year were electric. Also, Portugal is where Jose calls home. drumrollllll.

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