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• Three Chinese auto factories step in Rio de Janeiro   [Jul 04, 2009]

  Chinese automakers BYD Co., Ltd. and Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. want to establish factories in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, said the governor Sergio Cabral on July 2, 2009. Chery Automobile said on ...

• China to restrict lithium battery vehicles to certain city roads   [Jun 29, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 29 (Gasgoo.com) China will restrict the marketing and use of vehicles run on lithium ion batteries to certain areas in cities but is yet to specify on where, Chinese newspaper Jinghua ...

• BYD Auto sales reach 144,741 units in Jan-May   [Jun 25, 2009]

  Chinese automaker BYD Auto sold 144,741 vehicles in the first five months of this year, with F3 leading all BYD models in sales to 96,181 in January to May.The automaker said that it plans to sell ...

• BYD Auto to launch 5 new car models in H2   [Jun 22, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 22 (Gasgoo.com) BYD Auto plans to launch five new car models in the second half of this year. In addition, the F3DM electric car will sell to individual consumers from September, and ...

• BYD to sell F3DM car to individual users in Sept   [Jun 16, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 16 (Gasgoo.com) BYD Auto said yesterday that it has decided to sell its F3DM electric car to individual customers starting September this year, Beijing Times reported. Before that ...

• Sales of BYD Auto in May 2009 (by model)   [Jun 15, 2009]

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

• Hong Kong to trial-run BYD 3DM plug-in hybrid   [Jun 12, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 12 (Gasgoo.com) Hong Hong's environment bureau top official today (June 12) participated in a promotional activity on clean fuel vehicles in neighboring southern Chinese city of ...

• China to lead the way in electric vehicles   [May 31, 2009]

  China is set to become the world's largest producer of environment-friendly cars within 10 years, largely due to the central government's backing and the domestic car makers ambitions to push ...

• VW Hearts BYD   [May 26, 2009]

  Who’s ever been on the inside of Volkswagen knows that they are devout skeptics when it comes to alternative energies. Sure, they do some token research into hydrogen and hybrids to give the ...

• VW adds China's BYD as electric car ally   [May 26, 2009]

  Volkswagen plans to explore the options for a partnership with China's BYD Co in the area of hybrids and electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries, Europe's largest carmaker said on ...

• BYD chairman sells shares to overseas investors   [May 20, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 20 (Gasgoo.com) Chinese battery and auto maker BYD Co. said that its chairman and president Wang Chuanfu has sold some of his shares to overseas investors, as requested by the country's ...

• Sales of BYD Auto in April 2009 (by model)   [May 19, 2009]

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

• BYD F3 sales up 143% y/y in April to 22,721 units   [May 19, 2009]

  Chinese automaker BYD Auto sold 32,095 vehicles in April, with its F3 model sales hitting new high of 22,721 units, up 143 percent from a year earlier, according to the latest data from the China ...

• Shenzhen to subsidize buyer of BYD hybrid car   [May 15, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 15 (Gasgoo.com) South China's Shenzhen city is to subsidize buyers of its local automaker BYD’s hybrid cars as the central government has jumped on the hybrid bandwagon with ...

• BYD plans to take on giants with electric car   [May 14, 2009]

  From its headquarters in south China, BYD Auto is pursuing a project of staggering ambition: To be in the lead as the world's cars free themselves from their century-old dependence on petrol.The ...

• BYD T6: do not just be copycat version of popular brand   [May 11, 2009]

  A recent car photo claimed to have come from an official brochure of BYD Auto has caught broad attention because that car looks almost identical to Porsche Cayenne.Rumor has it that the model, called ...

• Will China lead the world in new energy vehicles?   [May 08, 2009]

  BYD F3 DMChina's auto companies have captured the world's attention in recent months with announcements of alternative energy vehicles, and China's government is making a concerted effort to lead and ...

• BYD battery to bring electric cars into mainstream   [May 05, 2009]

  China’s BYD Auto has devised a ferrous-ion electric-car battery it says is cheaper and greener than lithium-ion batteries, but the battery faces one serious obstacle – it can’t be ...

• Get to know the Chinese automakers   [May 01, 2009]

  The Shanghai Auto Show was once a venue for the West to show off its cars to a country still relying on bicycles. This year, last week's event was a showcase for China's own industry as it overtakes ...

• BYD is hopeful its exports can recover by Q2   [Apr 27, 2009]

  Chinese carmaker BYD is hopeful its exports can recover by the second half of 2009, after a decline of more than 70 percent in the first quarter due to the economic recession. Build Your Dreams' ...