The BYD Seal U plug-in hybrid is heading for the UK and will go on sale in September priced from £33,205. It’s received wisdom that the biggest EV maker in the world is Tesla, but not anymore; in fact it’s China’s BYD and it’s busy making hay in the UK and Europe with their keenly […]
BYD Seal U electric SUV heading for the UK to challenge the Tesla Model Y and VW ID.4
The BYD Seal U – an SUV take on the BYD Seal – is heading for the UK to challenge EVs like the Tesla Model 3 and VW ID.4. Due in 2024. It’s more than 14 years since BYD delivered the BYD T6 as a Chinese copy of the Porsche Cayenne and the BYD S6 […]
Electric BYD Dolphin CHALLENGES the MG4 – and even the VW ID.3 – with prices from £25,490
The new electric BYD Dolphin goes on sale in the summer with prices from £25,490, challenging the MG4 and even the VW ID.3. BYD has come a long way since it brought a small fleet of BYD E6 EVs to the UK to test the water in 2013, with a decade of progress seen with […]
Electric BYD Seal heading for the UK to challenge the Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai Ioniq 6
BYD (Build Your Dreams) is launching the BYD Seal in the UK, a Tesla Model 3 rival with up to 354-mile range and up to 523bhp. BYD (Build Your Dreams) is not exactly a household name in the UK and, until very recently, was probably best known for plagiarising car designs. But the reality is […]
BYD Han EV – a Chinese answer to the Tesla Model 3 – is heading for Europe and will cost up to £50k
The BYD Han, an electric premium saloon from Chinese car maker BYD, is heading for Europe with prices up to £50k. Despite the rise and rise of Chinese car makers, there still isn’t much coming from China in to the UK, apart from MGs and stuff like Volvos built in China. But that’s going to […]
BYD E6 Electric Cars arrive in the UK for fleet trials
The BYD E6 – an electric car from China’s BYD with a range of 186 miles – has arrived in the UK ahead of fleet trials with taxi operators and others. It’s three years since the BYD E6 was revealed at the Detroit Auto Show, with big claims for the future of BYD and the […]
Daimler & BYD reveal the Denza EV Concept: Beijing 2012
The partnership between Daimler and BYD in China has revealed its first fruit – the Denza EV Concept – at the Beijing Motor Show. It’s just a few weeks since we learned that Daimler and BYD had come up with a name for their joint venture in China to produce New Energy Vehicles (basically EVs). Denza – or Tengshi, in Chinese – […]
Denza confirmed as brand name for Daimler BYD joint venture
The joint venture between Mercedes (Daimler) and BYD in China is to market cars under the Denza brand. It seems to have taken a very long time for the partnership between Mercedes Benz’ parent company Daimler and China’s BYD to come up with product or even a name. Well, they’ve managed the name although we’re still not […]
Mercedes and BYD get cosy – new Electric Car (EV) brand for China
BYD and Mercedes are to jointly develop a new electric car for the Chinese market under a new, jointly owned brand. I wrote that headline and then thought ‘That looks awfully familiar’. So a quick look back shows that we ran a story in May 2009 with the headline ‘Volkswagen and BYD get cosy‘. Nice to be original. But it does […]
BYD E6 – Detroit show and going to America
Chinese car maker BYD has shown the BYD E6 electric car at the Detroit Motor Show and plans to launch it in the US in 2010. BYD is a Chinese car maker very much on the up. They’ve gone from building no cars at all in 2001 to the fourth biggest car maker in China […]