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CAMBRIDGE, Mass battery manufacturer BYD --Chinese, preparing a line of all-electric vehicles, plans to introduce a suite of domestic energy, which includes solar panels and batteries.
BYD, which has gained importance in the U S where Warren Buffet has invested in the company, plans to begin testing its e6 all-electric sedan in the US later this year, said Michael Austin, vice president BYD America.
manufacturing automatic high volume battery allows the entry of the company into energy products at home by bringing the costs, he said Monday at the Lux Executive Summit at a panel on energy storage BYD plans to provide solar panels , batteries, car charging pedestals, efficient LED lighting and inverters to manage the flow of energy in a house, said Austin.
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The vehicle market is driving across the energy market and we're already well below 500 per kilowatt hour for batteries, he said BYD electric cars will have a range of about 250 miles , he added.
There are two weeks BYD announced a partnership with KB Homes to build a low-energy house in Lancaster, California, which is equipped with solar panels and batteries and costs about the same comparable new homes, according to Austin BYD America plans to offer similar systems elsewhere in the US, it will target communities where owners can finance energy efficiency investments in property taxes over 20 years.
Until now, many of these assets valued PACE own energy financing programs are short of money, but Austin said BYD expects can work when it is supported by commercial banks The company plans to introduce its line household energy in China this year, he added.
The company aged 15 began to make batteries and other components for consumer electronics, such as cell phones now, as many companies growing in electric vehicles, BYD announced the price of the battery than other companies much lower, he expects will drive the adoption of all electrical -voitures.
During the roundtable, self Lux expected that the battery pack costs Analysts decrease by approximately 900 per kilowatt hour to about 500 per kilowatt hour over the next 10 years, which is a target that many companies automotive say is needed to make them more accessible electric vehicles.
Manufacturing costs and technology of BYD Battery achieve this level now, Austin said one of the drawbacks of the chemistry of the iron phosphate battery compared to lithium ion, is that batteries can not store as much energy per volume, he said.
BYD also designed network storage devices that can store energy during off-peak hours for local distribution A system 800 kilowatts, which fits into a tractor trailer, costs 450,000, said Austin.
BYD is relatively new to the U S market, so even if the stated prices are low, it is difficult to compare its actual products to other manufacturers, an analyst said.
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