Automaker BYD plans to invest billions

Automaker BYD plans to invest billions

The Chinese car manufacturer BYD in 2009 recorded a profit of 3.79 billion yuan as it had estimated a year earlier to 1.02 billion yuan more. The company has announced investments of 10 billion yuan that is the equivalent of about 鈧?1 billion for this year. The construction of a U.S. plant will not be ruled out because in the second half there, the BYD e6 electric car to be available. The Executive Committee, focuses more on electric cars. The product range includes passenger cars, electric cars, batteries and mobile phone components.

According to current plans, the business with electric cars this year already contribute 60 percent to profits. The previous year, the profit share had amounted to 53 percent. The U.S. investment company Berkshire Hathaway of the U.S. billionaire Warren Buffet holds a 10 percent stake in the innovative automaker. The Stuttgart automaker Daimler AG plans to build a BYD electric car model for the booming Chinese car market despite the economic crisis.

Nissan produced electric car in Europe Leaf

The Japanese carmaker Nissan will build its electric car Leaf from 2013 according to own data in the UK. The car plant in Sunderland, making it the third production site for the new environmentally friendly electric vehicle. The launch in the European car market will be completed next year. According to company information annually in 50,000 units of Nissan Sunderland Leaf will be built. At the end of 2010 the first copies of the run from the Japanese plant Oppama for the automotive market in Europe.

Production in the U.S. plant in Smyrna is scheduled to begin in 2012. The Nissan Leaf can accommodate up to five people and is said to have one battery charge a range of 160 kilometers. The maximum speed amounts to 140 km / h. The price of the electric car is probably a Japanese newspaper report that are the equivalent of 32,000 euros. The high retail price but is likely to prevent many a car buyer of a purchase and therefore it will take probably some time until the Nissan Leaf will be a success.

Ampera high demand

The electric car comes Ampera in 2011 on the car market but is already listed, Euro NCAP car manufacturers a strong demand. According to the Head of Development Rita Frost told the newspaper Tagesspiegel already requests from fleets consist of 1,000 vehicles. The electric car Ampera is equipped with an electric motor and thus has a range of 60 kilometers. The range is increased by a small internal combustion engine, however, over 600 kilometers.

The internal combustion engine charges the lithium-ion batteries of the electric motor after exceeding the 60 kilometer range again. The CO2 emissions are lower and the environment by less stress. The purchase price of electric cars is, according to media reports on more than 30,000 鈧?and therefore are not just really affordable. Because of the already existing high demand could Ampera still be a successful car model in the highly competitive but lucrative market electric car.

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