Following the news that Chinese EV manufacturer Build Your Dreams (BYD) launched all-electric MPV in India; Bakar Sadik Agwan, Senior Automotive Consulting Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “Foraying into passenger vehicles space comes as a major milestone for BYD in India which will be the first passenger vehicle […]
BYD launches all-electric multi-purpose vehicle e6 – EQ Mag Pro
The all-new e6 is equipped with the 71.7 kWh Blade Battery and a WLTC (world harmonised light-duty vehicle test procedure) range of 520 km (city) and a WLTC (combined) range of 415 km with just a single charge, BYD India said in a statement. Chinese automaker BYD on Monday launched an all-electric multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) […]
Ingeteam’s Hybrid Inverter is Compatible With the BYD Premium High Voltage Batteries
Ingeteam and BYD have tested and certified at their respective R&D laboratories, the compatibility of the BYD Battery-Box Premium HVS and HVM high voltage batteries with Ingeteam’s INGECON® SUN STORAGE 1Play TL M hybrid inverter (solar-plus-storage inverter). The use of both items of equipment together makes it possible to create hybrid systems that combine PV […]
New Energy Vehicle Sales to Grow Over 40% Per Year in China
NEV makers, such as Tesla Inc, Nio Inc, Xpeng Inc and BYD, are expanding manufacturing capacity in China, encouraged by the government’s promotion of greener vehicles to cut pollution. SHANGHAI: China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) sales are expected to grow more than 40% each year in the next five years, a senior official at the […]
Tesla’s China-Made Vehicle Sales Surge 29% in May – Auto Association
China’s new electric vehicle sales surged 177% to 185,000 cars in May from a year earlier, CPCA said. Overall passenger vehicle sales, however, rose just 1.1% to 1.66 million cars. BEIJING: Tesla Inc sold 33,463 China-made electric cars in May, including exports, a 29% jump from April, according to data from the China Passenger Car […]
Apple in Talks With CATL, BYD Over Battery Supplies For Its Electric Car: Sources
Apple has made building manufacturing facilities in the United States a condition for potential battery suppliers, said two of the sources. Apple Inc is in early-stage talks with China’s CATL and BYD about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The discussions are subject to […]
China EV Maker Betting on Cult Status to Sell a Million Cars
GM’s venture aiming for annual sales of 1.2 million next year. Company first built huge following around its small, boxy vans. Since last July, a little-known automaker in China’s southwest has dominated the world’s largest electric car market, outselling bigger players and even Tesla Inc. almost every month with a tiny, bare-bones EV that starts […]
BYD Installed 2.17 GWh of Batteries for New Energy Vehicles and Energy Storage in April
BYD, a major electronics assembler and manufacturer of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China, made a voluntary announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 7 to present its vehicle production and sales figures for April. The announcement also noted that the installed capacity of BYD’s power batteries for NEVs and energy storage batteries […]
BYD Rumored to Enter Automotive Li-Ion Battery Market in 2H21 in Competition with LG Chem, CATL
Competition in the global EV battery market has been intensifying. Case in point, according to Korean energy research consultancy SNE Research, the three major Korean EV battery manufacturers saw their market shares plummet in January and February this year under mounting pressure from Chinese competitors, among which CATL and BYD saw significant growths. Incidentally, the […]
Buffett-Backed BYD Introduces Four Electric Vehicles Equipped with Blade Battery
Chinese automaker BYD launches four new electric vehicle models equipped with Blade Battery in Chongqing on Wednesday. At the press conference, the company unveiled its Tang EV, Qin Plus EV, Song Plus EV, and E2 2021 equipped with the Blade Battery, designed to mitigate concerns about battery safety in electric vehicles. Tang EV 2021 The […]