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    Report: Daimler BYD electric vehicle renderings leak out     1319319180

    Back in May of 2010, BYD and Daimler formed a joint venture to manufacture electric vehicles exclusively for the China. Today, we present to you the first renderings of the EV from the Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co. Ltd. The renderings come directly from the Chinese patent bureau, which ...

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    Report: Daimler BYD electric vehicle to debut in April of 2012     1318338660

    The design is "frozen," according Daimler chief executive officer Dieter Zetsche and the vehicle is "on track." Those words from Zetsche refer to an upcoming electric vehicle, which stems from the joint venture between Daimler and China's BYD – official name: Shenzhen BYD Daimler New ...

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    Report: BYD continues to struggle, massive layoffs coming soon     1314907020

    Chinese automaker BYD, backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, continues to tumble down a rocky road. On Wednesday, Shanghai Daily reported that BYD is expected to lay off up to 70 percent of its workforce after a decline in sales led to a net profit of only 266.74 million yuan ($41.2 million ...

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    Report: Moving forward? China rethinking plug-in vehicle policy     1314662700

    Beijing appears to be rethinking its singular focus on electric vehicles as a way to reduce fuel consumption and seems ready to revise its alternative-energy vehicle estimates as it becomes increasingly evident that the city's electric vehicle targets were completely unrealistic. Beijing ...

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    Hertz Global Electric Vehicle program expands to China     1314535500

    Hertz Rent-a-Car has announced the expansion of its Global Electric Vehicle initiative to China, making Hertz the first rental agency to offer plug-in vehicles on three continents (North America, Europe and Asia). To make rental electric vehicles feasible in China, Hertz is taking a three-pronged ...

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    Report: China's BYD to sell electric eBUS-12s to Taiwan     1314360000

    BYD may be struggling to launch its electric e6 crossover and its F3DM plug-in hybrid sedan here in the States, but the Chinese automotive juggernaut appears to have no problem lining up sales for its electric eBUS-12 in Asia. Following the signing of an agreement to sell its eBUS-12 in ...

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    Report: How can BYD fix its troubles?     1314118620

    Chinese automaker BYD, backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, may be headed down a rocky road. According to Daily Finance, BYD's troubles aren't limited to profits tumbling. In fact, Daily Finance hints that BYD will need to step up its game to keep Buffet from bailing out entirely. Troubles ...

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    Report: BYD still says electric e6 with 150-mile range is coming to U.S. in mid-2012     1312829760

    BYD e6-Eco
    At the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Michael Austin, BYD Motors vice-president of marketing and public relations, confirmed U.S. pricing for the automaker's electric e6 crossover and its F3DM plug-in hybrid sedan. It was at that time that Austin revealed that BYD intends to sell "tens of ...

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    BYD signs 500-unit electric vehicle deal with city of Shenzhen     1311947880

    BYD Auto has inked an electric vehicle-related contract with the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Terms of the deal call for BYD to lease 200 eBUS-12 electric buses and 300 battery-powered e6 crossovers to the city of Shenzhen. The electrified vehicles will serves as people-haulers during Universiade ...

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    BYD says 2011 Q1 profit tumbled 84.4%     1309796580

    Chinese automaker BYD, backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, says its net profit for the first quarter of 2011 fell 84.4 percent year-on-year. In a filing last Wednesday, BYD reported its 2011 Q1 net profit of 266.74 million yuan ($41.2 million U.S. at the current exchange rate), compared to ...

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