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Initial details on fiery crash involving BYD e6 that killed 3

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China Auto Web. Three passengers in a BYD e6 taxicab, including the driver, were killed in an accident in Shenzhen on 26 May. BYD e6 in flames following crash. A drunk driver crashed a high-speed Nissan GT-R into a BYD e6, and then collided with another, gasoline taxicab. The e6 hit a tree before bursting into flames.

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BYD reports plug-in fleet test results; rapid charging not diminishing capacity

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BYD all-electric e6 Taxi in service in Shenzhen. In conjunction with the one-year anniversary of its all-electric vehicle Taxi fleet test, BYD announced high-level results of several pilots of its plug-in electric vehicles—the F3DM, e6 and eBUS-12—in fleet testing across the world. Click to enlarge.

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Electric taxis go into operation

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The streets of Shenzhen City in Guangdong Province are now a little bit cleaner after 40 battery electric taxis went into operation. The vehicles are based on BYD’s e6 with Shenzhen the first city to put electric taxis in operation in China.

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China’s EV Subsidy

Revenge of the Electric Car

All-electric e6 vehicles made by BYD charge up in Shenzhen, where the cars are used as taxis. Auto industry executives said the subsidies are likely to apply only to vehicles produced in China, although that wasn’t clear from the government notice. BYD is in position to benefit from China’s electric-car subsidies.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Despite a surge in interest, electric cars may remain niche products in the world’s two largest auto markets. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. Advocates disagree. By Jaeah Lee, Contributor.

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Blue Chicken, the biggest taxi operator in Indonesia: Maximum EVs might be bought from BYD this past

Baua Electric

Blue Chicken, Indonesia’s biggest taxi operator, is ready to buy maximum of its unused fleet as electrical cars (EVs) from BYD, in line with a document by means of Bloomberg. BYD Taxi in alternative international locations Alternatively, Tesla has confronted demanding situations within the pocket.

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BYD electric cars coming to London

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As London continues in its ambitious efforts to make every minicab and taxi in the city a zero emission model by 2020, one of the leading electric car makers in China will be introducing its vehicles into the capital. That’s because BYD Auto has signed a memorandum of understanding with Green Tomato Cars to bring [.].

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