Electric vehicle manufacturer BYD says it has created the world’s largest PPE face-mask plant, producing 50 million masks per day to help meet the demand for face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The new R&D company, which will work on designing and developing BEVs (including platform) and its related parts, is anticipated to be established in China in 2020.
BYD Company Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corp. signed an agreement for the joint development of battery-electric vehicles that will be released in China.
Build Your Dreams (BYD) Canada announced its zero-emission, battery-electric trucks are officially available to import into Canada for sale and operation.
BYD has launched a fleet of 100 electric taxis in Singapore, forming the biggest electric taxi fleet in Southeast Asia, according to BYD, a Chinese renewal energy technology company.
China’s BYD will supply pure electric vehicles to Iran. BYD said its commercial initiatives in the Middle East and Africa presently include energy storage, new energy vehicles, and solar power generation.
BYD Company Ltd. and the Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group have launched a pure electric sanitation truck lineup with a total of 26 models to serve the city’s administration.
BYD Company Ltd. has launched two pure electric sedans: the Qin EV300, coming in four versions, and the e5, coming in three versions. Both models have a 300km driving range.
BYD Company Ltd. has added 100 percent electric vehicles to Chile’s taxi fleet in the country’s capital, Santiago. The three zero-emission taxis model e6 are specially designed for passenger transport.
Following in the footsteps of its neighbor Colombia, Uruguay has added 50 BYD e6 fully electric taxis to its fleet, following a trial run that began in February 2015.