http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/byd http://jalopnik.com/tag/byd BYD, the Chinese automaker with a much-hyped investment from Warren Buffett, sold just 33 e6 all-electric cars and 417 F6DM plug-in hybrids last year. Maybe the revolution is a five-year plan. (Thanks goatrope!) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5772945&view=rss&microfeed=true Daimler, BYD finalize design for joint-electric car that probably doesn't look like a Corolla. [WSJ] More »
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Love Jalopnik and plan on going to the Detroit Auto Show? BYD will give you a free, environmentally-friendly LED light bulb in honor of our surreal, illegal test drive reunion. Find out how below. More »
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One of my favorite stories I've ever written involved an impromptu test drive through the Detroit Auto Show with a leader who was soon to become the richest man in China. Four shows later we recreated the drive. More »
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Chinese automaker BYD's claiming their full-electric 200-mile-range E6 sedan will cost $35,000, their dual-mode hybrid F3DM will cost just $28,000 and they'll sell "tens of thousands" of them by end of 2012. Another test drive's in order. [plugincars] More »
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Robot, or Enthiran, is the most expensive Bollywood science fiction film ever created. It manages to combine features of the Matrix, Transformers, I, Robot and basically every other robot film you've ever seen into an explosive orgy of androids. More »
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What's the more outrageous claim: the full-electric BYD E6 MAV will go on sale in the United States this year; it'll easily pass U.S. crash regulations; or, BYD will be the world's largest automaker by 2025? More »
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Aside from providing highly amusing rides at the Detroit Auto Show, BYD has some serious ambitions, saying they want to overtake Toyota as the global sales leader by 2025. How about one US sale first? Baby steps. [ChinaCarTimes] More »
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Reversing last year's emptiness, the 2010 Detroit Auto Show main floor is fully booked. Sadly, those spaces are occupied by brands like Saturn, now separate from GM, and BYD, who's presence is called a "coup." [Freep] More »
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BYD has apparently caught on that the Porsche Cayenne is a big hit in China. They're readying their own 2.0-liter equipped version, the BYD T6. Turbos? We don't need no stinkin' turbos. More »
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Build Your Dreams, or BYD, rolled out and dropped the top on their new B8 convertible Mercedes SL-lookalike. We cracked open a fortune cookie and it said someone's gonna die dramatically in this thing. More »
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Among the revelations in Fortune magazine's feature on our old friend Chairman Wang Chaun-Fu, founder and CEO of BYD Auto: he offered an American exec a glass of battery fluid. Then he drank it himself. More »
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Though BYD Auto made a big show of their own fleet of electric vehicles, their hard-to-believe battery technology is more likely to end up in your driveway under the hood of a domestic. More »
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BYD Auto debuted their E6 full-electric crossover, reportedly capable of a 250-mile trip on just one full charge, putting it ahead of any electric car for sale or announced. We'll probably never see it. More »
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Chinese automaker BYD introduced their BYD F3DM EREV (Extended Range Electric Vehicle) here in Detroit, a car similar to the Chevy Volt. Except the BYD hybrid's already in production. Also, it's half the price. More »
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Chinese automaker BYD has unveiled the BYD F3DM electric vehicle (EREV) for sale in the Chinese market. BYD also plans to bring the 62-mile range $22,000 car to the US and out-Volt the Volt. More »
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After years of skirmishing in the basement of the Cobo Center, the Chinese automakers will finally set up a base on the main floor of the upcoming Detroit Auto Show. Why were the two Chinese companies, BYD Auto and Brilliance Auto, honored with the presence among the big boys upstairs? It isn't because they're selling more cars in the US, because they still don't sell any here. The Chinese automakers are benefiting from the mass exodus of automakers from the Detroit show who are bailing to save money during the Carpocalypse. We suspect the organizers thought it would be a nice gesture since China currently holds around $600 billion in US debt. The two companies will get a total of 11,000 square feet vacated by Mitsubishi. Though we hate to see any automaker flee Detroit, there are a few reasons to look forward to a larger Chinese presence. Below is our list of the five best moments of Chinese automakers at the Detroit Auto Show. More »
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Leave it to Chinese automaker BYD to build a Toyota Aygo cheaper and cooler, as they've done with the release of the BYD F0 Sport. The F0 Sport comes equipped with such innovative additions of performance as red seat covers with pillows on them, a red shifter knob, and a sporty paint job over a mild body kit. The whole deal goes for $5,000 US, which, is a fair bit more than the Guangzhou International Auto Show committee spent on press room food. We don't mean to complain or anything, but were the fried grasshoppers really necessary? Sure they're good, but can't a Jalop get a hamburger around here? More »
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In the course of a normal day we receive dozens of emails from readers who have questions about what we've written, praise for our prose or a desire to see us murdered in various ways for daring to impugn the good name of the Chrysler Sebring. It is therefore a special moment when an email actually catches us off guard. Today we received such an email from an individual whose family invested $1 million in a Chinese company based partially on research that involved something we wrote. Seriously. More »
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Ever since we had our test drive of the BYD F6 DM inside Cobo Hall at the Detroit Auto Show, we've been fascinated by the Chinese company's ferrous battery technology. They've been using it to make cell phone batteries for quite some time, but now they're finally putting it into production on a car to be on the market before the end of the year. This, the F3 DM, is a step down from the F6 in size, but all the technology remains. More »
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Now that the Beijing Olympics are over and the need to reduce the capital’s smog is gone, Chinese car makers can get back to doing what they do best: copying successful western car designs while cranking out the clones super cheap. We admire China’s style; why fuss over safety, performance or emissions when all consumers really want is a look? MonsterAuto.ca gives us their six favorite Chinese car clones, along with useful comparo shots so you don't find yourself leaving the Benz dealer in a BYD F8. MonsterAuto More »
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In honor of the 2008 Summer Olympics we've decided to dip into our extensive knowledge of the Chinese auto industry to pick out the most amazing cars and trucks from the industrial manufacturing giant. It's kind of like a Chinese car bingo cheat sheet for you to use if you're heading to Beijing this week. Some are cars or concepts that represent the unique design and spirit of China, others are horrible attempts to copy interpretations of western models and at least one has Gullwing doors. If we missed your favorite, drop us a comment below. More »
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Leave it to the clever scientists at BYD Auto, who came up with the ferrous battery hybrid and the in-show test drive, to invent a new solution to keyless entry. Tired of carrying a clunky key fob everywhere you go? Try a sharp-looking watch that includes locking functions as well as wireless startup so you can start your car from your watch, just like Inspector Gadget! The watch is also kinetic, so you never run out of batteries. And that's not all BYD has up/on its sleeve. More »
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Now that almost everyone would drive a Japanese and now a Korean car, it's worth asking if you all would drive a Chinese car. In fact, given all that's coming out at this year's explosive Beijing Motor Show, it is a harder question than it has been in the past. Though there are questions of quality and originality, cars like the Geely GT do capture the imagination. With the Koreans moving up-scale, it is quite possible the cheaper-than-thou market is opening up. We all like value. More »
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Earlier in the day we showed video of China's youngest auto exec competently explaining BYD's Dual mode hybrid F6 to us. And we may have made a joke about him not being able to get a date to the prom before our crazy ass drive through the Detroit Auto Show. But then we saw him on our way to a photo shoot with another automaker, drinking with two prom dates. Well played, sir. More »
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"Holy shit, my boss just drove into the auto show" When I went down to the booth of BYD Auto, a Chinese car maker trying to break into the US market, all I hoped for was a few honest answers to my questions. The motto of the company is "Build Your Dream," but that last thing I'd dream was that BYD's Chairman would drive me through someone else's press conference during an illegal, surreal and American-media first test drive around the floor of the Detroit Auto Show. Breaking all the rules of proper auto show behavior, BYD Auto's chairman Wang Chaunfu hopped in the driver's seat of his prototype hybrid and took off with me in the passenger's seat, thus proving to the world that he's ready to show that his company's car works. The story of how one small upstart Chinese automaker turned our Detroit Auto Show upside down with the turn of one key below. More »
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We nearly keeled over with glee when we noticed this sign yesterday at the Shanghai show, especially after checking out the BYD F8, a vehicle which rips off the German-American Hybrid for all it's worth. CLK face, Sebring booty. Paging Dr. Z and Mr. LaSorda, Dr. Z and Mr. LaSorda to the Copy Right Protection Office. Dr. Z and Mr. LaSorda to the Copy Right Protection Office. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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