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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year.

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