Archive for the ‘BYD’ Category
BYD wants to produce electric buses in Canada
Published on May 16, 2012 by W.E. Ning
Domestic automaker BYD Co has signed an agreement to produce electric buses in Windsor, Canada, a city across the border from Detroit that was long involved the US auto industry. According to the deal between BYD and the Windsor government, the Chinese company will produce 500 buses annually in the city.
BYD’s profit down 90% in Q1
Published on May 1, 2012 by Joey Wang
The Chinese battery and car maker BYD Co Ltd, partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said its profit for the first quarter of the year fell as much as 90 percent as its two biggest businesses were harmed by China’s slowing economy and Europe’s debt crisis.
BYD, a Shenzhen-based company, said in a financial report filed with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Wednesday that it had 11.73 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) in revenue in the first quarter, up only 0.2 percent from the same period last year. Its net profit of 27 million yuan for the same period was down 89.86 percent year-on-year.
BYD Qing concept debuts at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 28, 2012 by W.E. Ning
This is the new BYD Qing concept, it debuted earlier this week at the Beijing Auto Show. The Qing wasn’t as spectacular as we expected, it was basically no more than a slightly sexed up new BYD F3 with a hybrid drive-train. The Qing previews the replacement for the BYD F3DM, a hybrid based on the old F3 that was sold on the Chinese car market for a few years without much success. The Qing is expected to arrive at dealers near the end of this year.
New BYD F3 debuts at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 25, 2012 by Joey Wang
This is the new BYD F3 ‘Su Rui’, it debuted at the Beijing Auto Show. The F3 has been BYD’s best-seller for many years and it even topped China’s car sales chart for a couple of months in 2010. The new F3 is design-wise slightly better than the old BYD F3 which was a copy of the old Toyota Corolla, the new F3 is a copy of the new Corolla but slightly less obvious. For BYD, we call that a huge improvement!
New BYD F3 arrives at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 21, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have the new BYD F3 Sui Rui arriving at the exhibition hall of the Beijing Auto Show. The new F3 will officially debut on Monday but fortunately we already got some pictures today. The new car loox much better than its Toyota Corolla-inspired predecessor, BYD’s design seems finally, and thankfully, to improve.
Official Pics: BYD Qin concept for the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 18, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
BYD has released the first official pictures of the BYD Qin concept which will debut at the Beijing Auto Show next week. The Qin is a well-styled car, albeit with a messy front, that previews the next generation of large BYD sedans. Under the bonnet, this is BYD, a lotta green high-tech.
BYD Qin concept will debut at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 16, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The first teaser of the BYD Qin concept that will debut at the Beijing Auto Show next week. The Qin is a ‘dual-mode electric vehicle’, is has two ways of powering the wheels: pure electric mode (EV ) and hybrid mode (HEV). The Qin is officially still a concept but the vehicle will eventually hit the China car market for around 150.000 yuan, with subsidies. Via: Autohome.
BYD G6 TID listed & priced in China
Published on April 3, 2012 by W.E. Ning
BYD has launched the most advanced version of its G6 sedan, the BYD G6 TID. ‘TID’ stands for Turbocharged, direct Injection, Dual clutch. The engine is a 1.5 turbo with direct injection, good for 113kw and 240nm. The DCT is six-speed. BYD is very proud of the new package because it was independently developed and BYD therefore has the full intellectual property rights.
BYD says Q1 profit might fall with 95%
Published on March 28, 2012 by Joey Wang
BYD, he Chinese carmaker partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., fell to a two-month low in Hong Kong trading on Tuesday after the company forecast first-quarter profit may slump as much as 95 percent.
BYD fell by as much as 11 percent, the biggest intraday decline since Sept. 26, before closing 4.8 percent lower at HK$19.94 yuan in Hong Kong. The company’s Shenzhen-traded shares gained 1.8 percent, reversing a 3.9 percent decline.
Spy Shots: BYD 6B getting Naked in China
Published on March 21, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots from an almost naked BYD 6B, a codename, which will most likely be called the BYD L6 which is likely the successor of the BYD F6. Chinese media however still aren’t sure, saying that is could also be an new model that will be positioned above the F6. Well, both cars seem exactly the same size but the 6B’s interior loox much more luxurious than the F6′. I keep my blue eggs out of da water for now on this one…
