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Shenzhen Headquarters R D Center Shanghai, Shenzhen main assembly plants Xi An, Shenzhen.
2016 496648 2015 units 455,400 units 437,900 units 2014 2013 2012 420000 506.200 units units 437,000 units 2011 2010 2009 448.000 519.800 units units 170,000 units 2008 2007 2006 85942 units 55.038 units 2005 16 000 units.
2016 domestic sales units per model F0 F3 units 10.865 33.539 130.114 units Surui G5 E5 4,562 units units units 15.639 32.524 Qin S6 1928 units units units Yuan E6 20.605 45.838 100.042 65.360 units S7 units song Tang 31.405 units.
BYD, apparently to build your dreams, is one of the few private automakers in China like most other Chinese automakers, BYD said it has developed its cars by itself, but in fact they are unauthorized copies of Toyota Corolla, Aygo and Honda Accord such absurdity can not happen in China.
However, BYD is developing rapidly in the domestic market it even attracted US investors Warren Buffett to buy 10 of its issues, through the perspective of its battery technology Before entering automobile production, BYD was already mobile phone battery leading global This gives a strong advantage in develping hybrid and electric vehicles at the end of 2008, he stunned the world by introducing the first plug-in hybrid vehicle mass production of the world, F3DM, beating the likes of Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius Mk4 No wonder Buffett has described as a small company with a great ambition what BYD has set a goal of becoming the No. 1 automaker in China by 2015 and No. 1 in the world 2025, believe it or not.
BYD was founded in 1995 in Shenzhen as a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries for mobile phones that foreign brands such as Motorola and Nokia have started subcontracting components and assembly to low-cost, BYD a chance to meet the largest supplier of mobile phone batteries in the world and one of the major contractors for installation of a mobile phone.
In 2003, sensing the bright prospect of the automotive industry, the company decided to enter the automobile manufacturing companies by buying an existing car manufacturer automatic Xian Qinchuan Through capitalization of the Hong Kong stock market, has invested in the expansion of Xian plant and the development of its new compact sedan, F3 This car model Toyota Corolla near contemporary, though BYD said it has developed the car itself came from its engines Mitsubishi would become one of the best selling models in its segment and a basic model of society.
F3DM 2008 - first plug-in hybrid car world production.
In the coming years, more Japanese clones arrived F6 sedan Honda Accord mirror while F0 minicar was a carbon copy of Toyota Aygo BYD always claimed they were self-developed, but whatever outdoor interior design, dimensions and mechanical arrangements were also identical to their donors cars once again proved that China was still lack of protection of intellectual property.
Nevertheless, in the late 2000s BYD began to show some originality His S8 convertible coupe could look like Mercedes CLK-class front, but it was essentially new addition Its M6 MPV is a clean sheet design He also developed its own family of 4-cylinder engines and plug-in hybrid powertrain it starts actually F3DM dual-mode end of 2008 and became the first plug-in hybrid car in mass production of the world as BYD strong advantage in technology rechargeable battery and output, it has a view of the hybrid -growing market fasting and electric car provided 2010s.
BYD Chinese car, Chinese units, units units, plug-in hybrid output.