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• BYD founder Wang tops '09 Forbes China rich list   [Nov 05, 2009]

  Shanghai, November 5 (Gasgoo.com) Wang Chuanfu, chairman of electric car and battery maker BYD, has become mainland China's richest person, according to an annual rich list released by Forbes today, ...

• Will BYD again break its promise?   [Oct 29, 2009]

  BYD has created its confident upstart image among the plug-in cars market, of course with its strong ambition. Chuanfu Wang, CEO of BYD has claimed for several times, “Our electric car ...

• UK bank Barclays buys more BYD shares   [Oct 25, 2009]

  Barclays, the UK's third-largest bank, has purchased 32.33 million shares of BYD Co. for 78.15 HKD per share. Barclays now holds 5.41 percent of BYD's circulating shares in the Hong Kong Stock ...

• Buffett wins big in stock buy of China carmaker BYD   [Oct 23, 2009]

  Legendary investor Warren Buffett hasn't been fortunate with all his holdings over the past year, but one of his picks turned out to be a big winner. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed last ...

• China-made BYD cars to run on Qatar roads soon   [Oct 21, 2009]

  Shanghai, October 21 (Gasgoo.com) Cars made by BYD Auto, a foremost Chinese automaker, will run on the roads of Qatar soon after a BYD vehicle model was launched in the gas-rich Arab emirate ...

• Sales of BYD Auto in September 2009 (by model)   [Oct 20, 2009]

  Sales of BYD Auto in September 2009 (by model): Source: CPCA

• BYD set to sell G3 sedan, priced up to 76,800 yuan   [Oct 20, 2009]

  Shanghai, October 20 (Gasgoo.com) BYD's first up-market sedan model G3 is set for launch on October 26 and will give the electric car maker a stab at the compact sedan market, China Car Times said ...

• BYD car sales rise 50 pct in first 9 months -paper   [Oct 17, 2009]

  Chinese electric car and battery maker BYD Co Ltd's nine-month car sales soared 50 percent over the previous year to almost 300,000 units, the China Securities Journal reported on Friday.MidAmerican ...

• BYD Sept car sales up 88 pct on year   [Oct 15, 2009]

  Shanghai, October 15 (Gasgoo.com) China's battery and car maker BYD Co said on Wednesday it sold a record of 44,000 vehicles in September, up 88 percent from a year earlier. This brought BYD's total ...

• BYD may buy Alcoa lightweight auto parts business   [Oct 10, 2009]

  China's private carmaker BYD Co. Ltd. is reportedly interested in the lightweight auto parts business of Alcoa Inc., a world-known aluminum producer in the US, and both sides will likely have a ...

• Alcoa says BYD is 'interested' in lightweight parts   [Oct 09, 2009]

  Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. producer of aluminum, said Chinese car and battery maker BYD Co. is "enormously interested" in the company's lightweight automobile parts. BYD, which is part-owned by ...

• China may lead in global e-car industry -US official   [Sep 30, 2009]

  Shanghai, September 30 (Gasgoo.com) China's fast-growing electric car producers could take the lead in the global electric vehicle industry if the United States fails to invest heavily in the ...

• BYD's Wang tops China rich list after Buffett backing   [Sep 29, 2009]

  Wang Chuanfu, founder of battery and car maker BYD Co., jumped 102 places to top the annual Hurun Rich List of China's wealthiest after an investment by Warren Buffett led to a fivefold surge in his ...

• BYD plans to dominate global hybrid market   [Sep 23, 2009]

  BYD has sold only 100 of its F3DM plug-in hybrid, but that's not slowing down the company.BYD, the Chinese car company backed by investment guru Warren Buffet, has big dreams. The company hopes to be ...

• BYD hopes for big share in China's e-car program   [Sep 22, 2009]

  Chinese electric car and battery maker BYD Co Ltd hopes to be a top supplier in incentive programs to boost the use of electric cars in Chinese cities, a senior executive told Reuters on Monday. "The ...

• BYD may be No.1 Chinese automaker before 2015   [Sep 19, 2009]

  BYD Co., Ltd. reaped auto sales revenue of CNY 8.877 billion in the first half of 2009, with a 133% surge year on year, and it is expected to grow into the No.1 Chinese carmaker ahead of schedule. ...

• BYD Auto sells less than 100 F3DM EVs in 8 months   [Sep 18, 2009]

  Chinese automaker BYD Auto Co., Ltd. is reported to have sold less than 100 F3DM (dual-mode) EVs (electric vehicles) by the end of this August, and Morgan Stanley thought that the actual F3DM sales ...

• Chinese carmaker BYD aiming to zoom past Toyota   [Sep 17, 2009]

  Fast-growing Chinese battery and automaker BYD Co. is thinking big - really big. It aims to overtake Toyota Motor Co. to become the global auto leader in under two decades, company officials ...

• BYD aims to overtake Toyota as world's No. 1 carmaker by 2025   [Sep 17, 2009]

  Shanghai, September 17 (Gasgoo.com) BYD Co, China's largest rechargeable battery maker and an ambitious automaker, said yesterday that it is aiming to become China's No. 1 automaker by 2015 and ...

• Sales of BYD Auto in August 2009 (by model)    [Sep 14, 2009]

  Sales of BYD Auto in August 2009 (by model): Source: CPCA