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BYD Auto (simplified Chinese: 比亚迪汽车) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. The firm is part of the BYD Company Limited and was founded in 2003. Image File history File links Zhongwen. ... Japanese name Kanji: Hiragana: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Vietnamese name Quốc ngữ: Hán tá»±: A Chinese character or Han character (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean, and formerly Vietnamese. ... Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... Automakers are companies that produce automobiles. ... Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Kwangtung in older transliteration; Cantonese: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The firm was created when BYD bought the bankrupted government auto maker Qingchuan and acquired one of the tightly controlled permissions to produce automobiles in China. This method of permit acquiring is called "buy a shell", and has since been banned.

Models

With the acquisition of Qingchuan, BYD Auto also acquired one model, called Flyer. As of 2007, the Flyer sells less than 100 units per month. The BYD Flyer is a city car produced by BYD Auto a Chinese automobile manufacturer in Xian . ...

The company's first self designed model, the F3, is more successful, selling over 10.000 units per month in first half of 2007. In addition to F3, the company has unveiled the new models F3R, F6, F8 and F1.

BYD Auto is involved in the development of electric vehicles. It currently makes the F3e, which is the electric version of the F3 model, which has a claimed cruise range of 350 kilometers on a single charge. Electric versions of all its models, as well as plug-in versions are planned. The company also produces electric vehicle charge stations and car batteries specifically designed for electric vehicle applications.

On October 11, 2007, BYD announced that they would be introducing a production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sedan in China in the second half of 2008. BYD plans to exhibit the PHEV, which has a 60 mile all-electric range in January 2008 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Based on BYD's midsize F6 sedan, it uses iron-based batteries instead of lithium-ion, and can be recharged to 70 percent of capacity in 10 minutes.^[1] is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Hybrids Plus plug-in hybrid Toyota Prius conversion with PHEV-30 (30 mile or 48 km all-electric range) battery packs A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is a hybrid vehicle with batteries that can be recharged by connecting a plug to an electric power source. ... All electric range (AER), is the range of a vehicle using only its electric fuel source or battery pack. ... NAIAS 2005, near the Audi exhibit. ...

• BYD Flyer
• BYD F1
• BYD F2 (BYD 213)
• BYD F3
• BYD F3-R
• BYD F3e (Electric)
• BYD F6
• BYD F6DM (Plug in Serial Hybrid, Or "Dual Model")
• BYD F6 Typhoon (Turbo 3.6 Liter)
• BYD F8

The BYD Flyer is a city car produced by BYD Auto a Chinese automobile manufacturer in Xian . ...

See Also

Chinese auto makers This page tries to show every car ever made by country and then manufacturer. ...

References

1. ^ Edmunds (15 October 2007) "Detroit Show Preview: BYD's New Plug-in Hybrid on Sale Next Year" Edmunds Inside Line retrieved 26 October 2007

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External links

• BYD Auto's official site
  
• Electro vehicle concept: BYD-ET
• Stock ONVISTA.DE