China Car Fans » BYD Chevy Volt http://www.chinacarfans.com WE OBSISSEVELY COVER THE CHINESE AUTO INDUSTRY Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:03:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 BYD electric car will head to U.S. by 2011, not change http://www.chinacarfans.com/2009/03/12/byd-electric-car-will-head-to-us-by-2011-not-change/ http://www.chinacarfans.com/2009/03/12/byd-electric-car-will-head-to-us-by-2011-not-change/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:06:31 +0000 Chief Editor http://www.chinacarfans.com/?p=497 76 249x249 byd BYD electric car will head to U.S. by 2011, not change

BYD still promises EVs will be sold in the U.S. by 2011. BYD has made bold statements before regarding when their vehicles would go on sale in the U.S., but this time they seem to stand behind their release stating that they will bring electric vehicles to the U.S. by 2011.

Recently, BYD announced plans to sell to PHEV similar to the Chevy Volt called the F6DM for under $22,000 and they also plan to sell a crossover utility vehicle here called the BYD e6 for around $30,000. The BYD e6 is capable of traveling up to 250 miles on a single charge. For a comparison, the Volt is only expected to travel 40 miles on all electric power.

Since BYD is the second largest rechargeable battery producer in the world they have a step up on most of the competition in terms of battery capability and production. BYD’s general manager Henry Z Li said, “Battery technology and motor control are the key to this vehicle (e6), we have quite a lot of experience and know how in this process.”

source: All Cars Electric

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