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Chinese Automaker Unveils First Electric Car

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the jump-start-on-the-competition dept.

JuliusSu writes "A Chinese auto manufacturer, BYD, is introducing today the country's first electric car, a plug-in hybrid vehicle. It plans to sell at least 10,000 cars in 2009 for a price of less than $22,000. This put the company ahead of schedule against other entrants to this market, such as Toyota, due to release a similar car in late 2009; and GM, whose Chevy Volt will be launched in late 2010. The company is best known for making cellphone batteries, and hopes its expertise in ferrous battery technology will allow it to leapfrog established car manufacturers."

5 of 341 comments (clear)

  1. first first by weekendli · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First!

    1. Re:first first by larry+bagina · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      [citation needed]

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  2. I had a witty comment... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But I failed to prove I was human!

  3. Re:second post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you must troll, make it something original for once, we've all read the one about eating obama's shit. Now mod me down for being offtopic.

  4. Obligs by sokoban · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In communist China, Hybrid car plugs YOU in.

    Something about "Erectric" cars

    1. Make chinese electrical car
    2. ???
    3. Profit

    Me Chinese, me play joke, me put battery in your car that can run for 100 km on a single charge

    It runs on electricity, but does it run Linux?

    I for one welcome our environmentally friendly overlords.

    All BYD's electric cars are belong to the Chinese (until the 2011 US and European releases)

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these

    You must be new here, Robert Anderson Unveiled the first electric car in the early 19th century

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