redhots Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 BYD Qin performance EV launched http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/byd-qin-performance-ev-launched Also, not BYD specific, The Rise of China's Innovation Machine http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303819704579320544231396168?KEYWORDS=china Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brker_guy Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-09/china-reduces-electric-car-subsidy-cuts-in-air-quality-campaign.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/086125be-924a-11e3-8018-00144feab7de.html BYD sets up electric cab fleet in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_Buffett Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/086125be-924a-11e3-8018-00144feab7de.html BYD sets up electric cab fleet in London. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-09/china-reduces-electric-car-subsidy-cuts-in-air-quality-campaign.html sounds good :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-02/26/c_133145450.htm BYD gets access to Beijing and Shanghai markets. BYD had been trying to get the same breaks as the local manufacturers. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-26/xi-calls-pollution-beijing-s-biggest-challenge-as-smog-eases.html Xi on pollution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VersaillesinNY Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 BYD Ranks in Top 5 for Chinese Patents Awarded http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140303-910689.html BYD Sells Another 2,200 Electric Buses & Taxis in China http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/10/byd-sells-another-2200-electric-buses-taxis-china/ -------------- "This guy is a combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch - something like Edison in solving technical problems, and something like Welch in getting done what he needs to do. I have never seen anything like it." Charles Munger on Wang Chuanfu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brker_guy Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Is BYD The Next Tesla Motors Inc? http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/03/byd-next-tesla-motors-inc-tsla/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Interesting analogy. Tesla is to Apple like BYD is to Android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogermunibond Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/LongboardAM/does-warren-buffett-own-the-next-tesla Longboard's BYD thesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Is BYD The Next Tesla Motors Inc? http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/03/byd-next-tesla-motors-inc-tsla/ The problem with BYD is that they haven't shown much product capability. Engineering? Sure, though not on the level of Tesla except maybe for the batteries (certainly not the rest of the car). You need the whole package to woo a skeptical consumer and command premium pricing, like Tesla has done. I've seen BYD vehicles in person at the Detroit Auto show a little while ago. Real underwhelming crap. One of their show cars even had corrosion on one side, which shows their level of attention to detail (meanwhile, Musk personally inspected every Tesla before it shipped for a long time)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 BYD Co. Expects Weak Profit on Softening Demand http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304756104579449033697838764?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews&mg=reno64-wsj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbaron Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Is BYD The Next Tesla Motors Inc? http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/03/byd-next-tesla-motors-inc-tsla/ The problem with BYD is that they haven't shown much product capability. Engineering? Sure, though not on the level of Tesla except maybe for the batteries (certainly not the rest of the car). You need the whole package to woo a skeptical consumer and command premium pricing, like Tesla has done. I've seen BYD vehicles in person at the Detroit Auto show a little while ago. Real underwhelming crap. One of their show cars even had corrosion on one side, which shows their level of attention to detail (meanwhile, Musk personally inspected every Tesla before it shipped for a long time)... Last time I went in China my driver was using a gasoline BYD car. BYD cars are quite nice IMO altough when I was asking the Chinese their perception on the brand their answer was "It's OK". BeerBaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepydragon Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I think BYD makes just average car. most buyers of BYD are taxi company, and low to mid income class people in china. but the exciting thing about BYD is that the Chinese government can make the wide adoption of e-cars happen very fast, much faster than what would happen in a democratic country like America. an example is recently some local chinese government announced deals to buy hundreds of new BYD buses or cars to use as taxi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brker_guy Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 The problem with BYD is that they haven't shown much product capability. Engineering? Sure, though not on the level of Tesla except maybe for the batteries (certainly not the rest of the car). You need the whole package to woo a skeptical consumer and command premium pricing, like Tesla has done. Really? I guess you have not seen the DJCO's notes that I posted here from last year DJCO's annual meeting. Li Lu was there. He answered A LOT of questions about BYD. You might gander at the BYD's annual report. BYD has 250,000 engineers working for them. They are full-time development engineers. Granted that their cars are not as nice looking as a Tesla, but what they have over Tesla is the "battery" technologies. Even with the Gigafactory that Musk is envisioning building for his Tesla and Solar City, BYD is at least 10 years ahead of battery research on Tesla in that arena. In the electric car business, it's the battery technologies that make the whole difference. Right now, Tesla is at the mercy of Panasonic. If Panasonic cuts its battery production, Tesla will get clobbered. BYD builds the entire value chain from battery to cars and buses. So, tell me again who has the whole package again? Oh, I forgot to mention that with the Gigafactory that Musk is dreaming of; it will cost more than $5BIL+ to build that factory. It's more like $8-$10B in CapEx cost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhots Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 How China's Electric Car Dreams Became A PR Nightmare In America http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/byd-china-electric-car_n_4964233.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepydragon Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The minimal wage is none-sense. $1.5/hr is about 9 Yuan/hr. That's the pay you get working at a local grocery store as casher in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_Buffett Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/04/14/byd-slumps-as-chinese-rides-slow/ http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/04/tesla-challenger-byd-to-drive-2-electric-buses/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_Buffett Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140415006586/en/Ready-Environmentally-Friendly-Zero-Emission-Electric-Bus-Drop#.U06TY6vwDs1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_Buffett Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140417006554/en/Long-Range-Zero-Emissions-All-Electric-Bus-Approved-Sales#.U1Ee3KvwDs3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmori7 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 It seems like BYD is finally becoming a major player in the electric vehicles, at least in China so far: http://insideevs.com/byds-5-4-2-initiative-catapult-automakers-green-mobility-vision/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_Buffett Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140508007048/en/BYD-Receives-Record-Bus-Taxi-Order#.U2z1OavwDs1 2000 ebuses and 1000 electric cars. record order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_Buffett Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140505000086&cid=1202 Buffett expresses optimism about China's economy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhots Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 BYD promises ‘battery for life’ http://www.shdlogistics.com/news/view/byd-promises-battery-for-life The upshot of all this is a very dramatic saving in operating costs: BYD has calculated that the annual operating and battery amortization cost savings when using a lithium iron phosphate battery in a single-shift, five-day-a–week lift truck operation could exceed €1,500 a year. The astonishing lifespan of a BYD lithium iron phosphate battery creates a further layer of savings, because even after 4,000 charging cycles, these amazing power cells retain over 75% of their original capacity. That means that after eight years of dual-shift operation five days a week, the remaining capacity in the battery will exceed 75%. ... That means a single BYD lithium iron phosphate battery could replace up to four traditional lead acid ones over 8-10 years in operations where daily battery changes were required for the latter – a saving in battery purchase costs over the period of over €10,000 for every lithium iron phosphate battery-equipped forklift in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_Buffett Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 denza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhots Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 BYD T5 electric light truck is Ready to Revolutionize transport in China http://www.carnewschina.com/2014/08/11/byd-t5-electric-light-truck-is-ready-to-revolutionize-transport-in-china/ The BYD T5 will have a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour and a range of about 400 kilometers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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