Part 09 - Moby Dick Audiobook by Herman Melville (Chs 105-123)
Chinese electric car maker BYD called the Tesla Model S plaything of a rich man.
China could be the way for the electric car showdown.
Tesla Motors hopes to make China one of its most important markets, but domestic automaker BYD has tried to sell electric cars in the country for years.
In an interview with the Chinese general manager of Shanghai Securities News BYD Wang Chuanfu was paraphrased as rejecting the Tesla Model S as a rich man's toy, according to International Business Times.
Chuanfu does not consider the S model threatens from BYD market; he believes only a small percentage of car buyers will be able to afford it, in fact, with a base price of about 121,000 compared to 81070 in the United States the model S 85 kWh seems like a cool luxury product shipping and taxes have inflated the price of an already expensive car.
Yet, conversely, believes Tesla Model S may not be quite expensive CEO Elon Musk has previously said the price is competitive with luxury cars of established brands like BMW and Jaguar.
He said that the price is so low that it could actually make it seem chintzy Tesla against these established brands.
The S model is a competitive price compared to other luxury cars, but what other electric cars.
BYD means build your dreams recently launched the plug-in hybrid Qin, who sells about 31200 and can travel about 41 miles on electric power is also supposed to be faster than most other sports cars that you can buy .
BYD Qin electric stove 41-mile and around 300hp.
Any means that Chinese consumers could be faced with the same decision that American buyers cross-shop the S model with the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt, however, the biggest challenge for BYD and Tesla can not be apart, but the Chinese auto market itself.
The Chinese government hopes to get 500,000 new energy vehicles, including electric, hybrid, plug-in cars and hydrogen cars with fuel cell on the road by 2015. He even offers up 9,800 grants to buying one of these cars.
But consumer reaction to electric cars BYD was lukewarm whose parent company is partly owned by the tycoon Warren Buffet has not had much luck selling the all-electric e6 on its domestic market.
The lack of interest at home also stopped plans to sell BYD e6 in the US The company displays the car in 2009 and 2010 Detroit Auto Shows, but turned his attention to the bus sales.
Yet CEO Chaunfu remarks show BYD has not yet abandoned.
China has some of the worst air pollution in the world Last November the World Health Organization WHO has found that pollution Chinese air causes lung cancer and increases the risk of bladder cancer .
Perhaps what needs China's two trusted suppliers of electric cars for more of these green vehicles on the road.
Honda says most of its cars will be electric by 2030.
Stephen's obsession with cars is almost too difficult to quantify from the last electric car to the classics, he is interested in anything with four wheels when he's not writing, he is searching the Internet for a car he has not seen before, or reading a good book he has an MA in history from the University Clark currently lives in Connecticut.
121000 for EV is not worth is either joking or trying to rip rich by giving them a fantastic dream I think BYD will get a boost with their Tesla moving EV models we in New Zealand are delighted with the results of e6 and hybrids, and seriously work to introduce here in the industry as TAXI recently by Thriev in London.
Well, yes, it Sá toy wealthy No wonder they can not sell electric cars with an attitude like Elon Musk believes in electric cars and cracked open the idea that this can be done in BYD they whines can not sell their interests could be better served taking a page Tesla's playbook and innovate so they can sell their electric cars Kandi seems to do pretty well introduce less wealthy people in China to the innovative electric car beats complain every day in most countries.
Chinese BYD electric car manufacturer Tesla calls the toy model a rich man, Chinese electric machine.