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Volkswagen inks battery deal with BYD?

Remember BYD's non-toxic and somewhat edible battery technology? These lithium iron phosphate batteries can reportedly be produced at a relatively low cost and are already being used by BYD in its own F3DM plug-in hybrid. The Chinese automaker had previously announced that it was in talks with two European and one North American automakers to license this technology. According to reports coming from China, one of those European companies is Volkswagen. Workers from the Chinese automaker will soon travel to VW's headquarters in Germany to ... Read more →

Wang Chuan-Fu, BYD's CEO, drinks battery fluid to prove a point Jeremy Korzeniewski

Wang Chuan-Fu, CEO at Chinese automaker BYD, has made headlines all around the internet over the last few days for doing something that seems absolutely insane: drinking battery fluid. Most ...

Volkswagen inks battery deal with BYD? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Wang Chuan-Fu, BYD's CEO, drinks battery fluid to prove a point 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Wang Chuan-Fu, CEO at Chinese automaker BYD, has made headlines all around the internet over the last few days for doing something that seems absolutely insane: drinking battery fluid. Most people are familiar with all kinds of batteries, from the disposable alkaline cells that frequently power ...

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