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more about #byd more comments → GreenN_Gold: All ur design are belong to us! more » Number_Six: Having spent lots of time in China and dealing with Chinese business, I would prefer to not see anything like this in print ever again. more » OldeEnglishD: Notice how nobody in the picture is looking at the car? Speaks volumes... more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: Forget all this- where the hell is Analyst? more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: If this cripples the worldwide automakers, other than Chinese ones, what are they going to do in the future? Make copies of their copies? I see auto... more » mdensch: And how will BYD attempt to beat Toyota? By building Toyotas. Look at the F0 that BYD was showing at the shows last winter. Now google the Toyota Ayg... more » lilwillie: No, I have to say no to all Chinese cars. I can see this now, sorry, time for a rant. It is bad enough that they sell us parts that are Chinese junk.... more » skaycog: BYD was a little battery manufacturer that made no cars. They got into the car business by buying a tiny bankrupt automaker that produced 100 units a... more » Flathead Smith: Little known fact here: BYD is the acronym for Bringing Your Destruction. more » Alfisted: BYD's presence at the Auto Show exposes a chink in Detroit's armor. Could Toyota be next? more » Ash78, cube farmer: 1. Bridle Your Doubts 2. Boast Your Deftness 3. Build Your Debts 4. Borrow Your Designs 5. Bury Your Detractors more » TheSonOfStig: It looks like an even more poorly designed last-generation Corolla. more » SpeedWagon: 2025 you better shelve, the world is going to end in twenty twelve. more » Syrax: By 2025 the Chinese market will be as important as US, that's why they don't care right now. more » lilwillie: In Communist China, car takes over you. more » -
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Chinese Automaker BYD Taking Aim At Global Domination By 2025
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] -
#detroitautoshow
2010 Detroit Auto Show Main Floor Full (Of Boring Cars)
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] -
#chinacars
BYD T6: A Chinese Porsche Cayenne Knock-Off
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 » -
#shanghaiautoshow
BYD B8 Convertible: Impending Doom Never Looked So Good, SL-like
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 » -
#alternativeenergy
Chinese Automaker CEO Drinks Battery Fluid
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.
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#detroitautoshow
BYD Wants To Put Its Battery In Your Electric Dodge
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 » -
#detroitautoshow
BYD E6: 250 Miles Per Charge Electric Car
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 » -
#detroitautoshow
BYD F3DM: The Chinese Volt
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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BYD F3DM Extended Range Electric Car Launches In China, Out-Volt's Prius And Volt
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. -
#jalopnikisnotjimcramer
Jalopnik Is Not Jim Cramer, Please Do Not Buy, Buy, Buy On Our Recommendations
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 » -
#tenmostamazingchinesecarsandtrucks
The Ten Most Amazing Chinese Cars And Trucks
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 arehorrible attempts to copyinterpretations of western models and at least one has Gullwing doors. If we missed your favorite, drop us a comment below. More »
