BYD to bring electric cars to U.S. in 2010

Chinese auto company BYD plans to bring an all-electric sedan in small numbers to the United States next year. BYD plans to offer a few hundred of one of its most advanced cars in the United States, the five-seater e6, which takes seven to nine hours to fully charge and has a 250-mile range. Initially, it will make the US$40,000 car available to “government agencies, utilities and maybe some celebrities” in a specific region, Chairman Wang Chuanfu said. BYD already sells plug-in hybrid sedans with a small gasoline engine. (August 24, 2009)