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REPORT: BYD only sells 100 plug-in F3DM hybrids in eight months

2009 BYD F3DM - Click above for high-res image gallery The BYD F3DM plug-in hybrid went on sale in China last December. In the first eight months that the car has been on sale, only 100 have been sold, according to a new report from Gasgoo. This is well below the company's original stated goal of selling 10,000 in the first year, although they do have another four months to turn things around. Gasgoo says BYD changed its sales estimate to 3,000 to 4,000 units in the first 12 months earlier this year. In June, the F3DM went on sale in Hong ... Read more →

REPORT: BYD pushes American EV launch ahead to 2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the Warren Buffet-backed Chinese automaker BYD has moved up its plans to sell a fully electric car right here in the United States next year. ...

BYD preparing to sell F3DM plug-in hybrid in Hong Kong Xavier Navarro

2009 BYD F3DM - Click above for high-res image gallery The BYD F3DM plug-in hybrid, made in China, might be headed south. The Environment Bureau of Hong Kong has purchased two BYD F3DM hybrid cars ...

BYD will show off electric or plug-in car at Buffet's meeting Sebastian Blanco

In September 2008, Warren Buffett's holding company bought a ten percent stake in Chinese automaker BYD. BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams, has been moving forward with electric drive ...

Detroit 2009: BYD's plug-in hybrids, the F3DM and F6DM Sebastian Blanco

Apparently, "unveiled" was the wrong word. BYD's F3DM plug-in hybrid has been on sale in China for a few weeks and here in Detroit it was just sitting quietly on the stand on the main floor. No ...

China's first plug-in hybrid, BYD's F3DM, goes on sale today 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first mass-produced plug-in hybrid from a Chinese company, the F3DM from BYD, goes on sale today. You can get it in China for the equivalent of $20,000 today, or wait until 2011 and buy one here in the US. The F3DM (the DM stands for "dual mode") uses a ferrous battery and can go 60 miles in ...

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