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more about #bydauto more comments → something_unique_and_descriptive: You know, at some point BYD is going to build something awesome... you just know it's going to happen. Almost all of the truly great cars have been t... more » Mobius: I thought this was gonna be another carpocalypse article in which dishonoured Chinese auto exec drinks auto fluid to kill himself. But no, if anyone w... more » Analyst: Lead joke? Check. Melamine joke? Check. Crash test rating? Check. These comments are a given on any China-related article. Sigh. more » P161911 probably shoudn't have: He was raised on melamine formula, so battery juice is nothing. more » bzr: That guy is a badass. Besides, that stuff can't be any worse than Maotai: The liquor so badass, they sell it in gasoline cans! more » Graverobber: I hear that the Chinese consider it to be an aphrodisiac. more » Tylinol: Take that Bob Lutz! I say we nominate this man "Maximum" Wang Chan-Fu. It even SOUNDS sexier! more » BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: So first you drink some battery fluid, plug a cord to your ass and you´re ready to go. The engineers at BYD told me that soon there is no need for th... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Toxicity of battery fluid is a non-issue. They are marketing a non-performative characteristic of their new batter tech because they think it can gi... more » wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: What a badass. I love it when people actually give a shit with what they're doing in the world. Couldn't you see Henry Ford sitting down with a nice g... more » Pew Pew BOOM: I bet it tastes like sweet n' sour pork. Mmmmm, gonna grab me some chinese tonight. (Food, chinese food) more » engineerd: Pfft. I put Tricholorethylene on my cereal and mix Dowtherm J in my coffee to get the day started. more » Alfisted: I wanna party with that dude. Everybody Wang Chaun tonight. more » combat chuck: Potable battery fluid would be perfect for post-apocalyptic survival vehicles. When your hybrid/electric Unimog finally runs out of power and your st... more » .357: Rollin down the street, smoking indo, sippin on battery juice, laid back with my mind on the environment and the environment on my mind... 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 » -
#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 » -
