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Planar Energy, a Florida based company is planning to complete a pilot production line that will print lithium-ion batteries onto sheets of metal or plastic in a process similar to a producing newsprint. Read this article for more details ...
Several media reports have appeared today suggesting that Warren Buffett's visit to China next week may be due to concerns regarding Berkshire Hathaway's investment in BYD. Most of the reports cite a Reuters article which seems quite unconvincing. While BYD ...
BYD has encountered a few rough patches lately with cuts to its sales target for 2010 and second quarter profits that were significantly below consensus estimates. These developments have resulted in a sharp drop in BYD’s share price with the ...
BYD has announced a 25 percent reduction for its 2010 sales target due to capacity constraints. The company now expects to sell 600,000 vehicles. However, this figure would still represent rapid growth as evidenced by the company's 63.5 percent growth ...
Berkshire Hathaway's investment in BYD made its first appearance in Warren Buffett's annual letter which provides a table listing common stock investments with a market value of more than $1 billion. As of December 31, 2009, Berkshire held 225 million ...
In a statement that could be cause for some concern, BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu appears to be hedging on the pricing and distribution of the company's flagship e6 electric vehicle within the United States market. The Wall Street Journal has ...
BYD is likely to select the Los Angeles market as its entry point for the all-electric e6 model according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. The selection of Southern California for the product introduction makes a great deal ...
BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu is actively seeking commitments from the Chinese government to subsidize purchases of all-electric automobiles such as the e6 sedan as well as plug-in hybrids such as the F3DM model. While BYD has made some progress selling ...
The Wall Street Journal reported today that BYD plans to offer its most advanced electric car, the e6 model, in the United States in 2010 which is a year ahead of the company's prior plans. BYD's e6 sedan has been ...
I found an interesting video interview with Bill Ford that is applicable to recent articles on this site regarding electric vehicle technologies. Ever since Berkshire Hathaway announced its investment in BYD, I have tried to follow developments in the industry ...
I have been reading more on BYD's history and the path taken by Wang Chuanfu over the past several years. Perhaps the most revealing story I have found was published in the Financial Times in November. The FT article goes ...
This three part video is the most extensive I have seen that covers BYD which I described in an article earlier this week. It is well worth taking the fifteen to twenty minutes to view the three part video and ...
Despite gasoline prices that have fallen precipitously since the record high levels of mid 2008, it appears that interest in electric cars is still alive and well. In fact, efforts to come up with viable technologies could be accelerating. This ...