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BYD Co Ltd has informed that it is planning to start shipping its E6 electric car to the United States by the end of the year. The company has already planned its strategies to compete with it contemporary rivals like Nissan and General Motors. Read More...
Companies, people and events to watch
4EVRiders.org JulY 2010 Newsletter: Issue No. 0002 Read More...
Until Toyota stepped in last week, Daimler was the only major auto manufacturer to take a stake in electric-car startup Tesla Motors — a company that has now become synonymous with next-generation transportation. Now Daimler wants to work the same magic with BYD, the Chinese battery and electric vehicle maker, to establish its own transcontinental dominance in the market. Read More...
An upstart Chinese electric car company — best known for making cellphone batteries — will locate its North American headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, with plans to possibly expand into manufacturing in the United States in the years ahead.< Read More...

(BYD’s e6 electric car) Warren Buffett is a busy man, and never more so than during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings, sometimes called the Woodstock of capitalism, which attract thousands of people each year to Omaha, Nebraska Read More...
BYD America Corp., a division of a China-based company that makes electric cars, solar modules and lithium-ion batteries, says it is planning to open a U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles. Read More...

LOS ANGELES—City officials persuaded Chinese auto maker and technology company BYD Co. to open its first U.S. headquarters here, as the company gears up for an expansion of renewable energy and the rollout of electric vehicles. Read More...
FREMONT, CA — Four Chinese automakers have expressed interest in the possibility of using the former New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant in Fremont for some purpose, but nothing concrete has developed so far, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson said this week. Read More...
BYD has been growing fast and in an effort to keep its growth rate up, the Chinese automaker is unveiling five new models at the Beijing auto show later this month. Read More...

HONG KONG: Chinese car and battery maker BYD Co, backed by US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said it will start sales of plug-in hybrid cars with solar panels to the public in Shenzhen on Monday. Read More...

According to the BYD Auto, its F3DM dual-mode electric vehicle will be available to personal buyers on March 29, 2010, and the first sales location is Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. By then, the latest mode will have been launched. The industry insiders believe that this symbolizes substantial progress in the universal process of dual-mode electric cars in China. Read More...

Build Your Dreams, or BYD, is moving towards a more conventional investment strategy. This move is something that Warren Buffett would recommend. BYD is shifting from its objective of mass producing an electric vehicle in China this year. Read More...

By Bloomberg News
March 16 (Bloomberg) — BYD Co., the Chinese carmaker backed by Warren Buffett, has given up a plan to mass produce electric cars in China by the middle of this year, the South China Morning Post said. Read More...
BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu said the company would set up sales headquarters in California, USA during the year. If the market is favorable, BYD may consider setting up car factory at local place. Read More...

HONG KONG — Chinese automaker BYD Co. said Monday it had massive expansion plans this year and would consider building a plant in the United States, a day after announcing annual profits had tripled. Read More...

BYD showed up again at the Detroit auto show this month, repeating its goal to sell an electric vehicle in the United States. This marked the company’s third appearance at the event. As in the past, BYD made bold statements about its product and future sales volume, though this year there was news of home-market momentum that may help fuel the company’s ambitions. Read More...

DETROIT — What would happen if Detroit sold over a million cars and trucks a month? Ah, this is not Fantasyland, so don’t bother putting on your 3-D glasses. Read More...

HONG KONG, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Chinese car and battery maker BYD Co Ltd (1211.HK), 10 percent owned by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N), will invest 22.5 billion yuan ($3.30 billion) over five years to build China’s largest solar power battery plant, a report said on Saturday. Read More...

Officials of the only Chinese automaker at this year’s North American International Auto Show repeated their goal of introducing an all-electric mid-size sedan in select markets across North America before the end of the year. Read More...

The E6, a pure electric vehicle (EV) model of BYD Co. Ltd. (SEHK: 1211), has met the laws and regulations of the US market, according to Li Zhuhang, general manager of BYD’s auto export division. Read More...
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