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BYD Presents Happy Results From Chinese Electric-Taxi Test

Green Car Reports

It launched its F3DM sedan, the world's first production plug-in hybrid, back in December 2008--sales have been poor--and has been testing its all-electric e6 crossover with both taxi fleets in Shenzhen, China, and the Housing Authority of Los Angeles. Encouraging data.

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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Many Chinese makers of electric cars are introducing advanced assisted driving features on their mass-production cars. A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. million cars, eight-lane expressways and towering bridges over the muddy waters of the Yangtze River.

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Report: BYD to test market e6 EV in US in 2011

Green Car Congress

plans to start test-marketing the e6 battery-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) in the US next year after almost a year’s delay, and is in talks with officials in Los Angeles to supply e-buses that could eventually lead to a manufacturing plant in the city. The Wall Street Journal reports that China’s BYD Co.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

And something I should clarify is that Tesla will be operating the fleet, so you can think of like how Tesla, I don’t know, some combination of Airbnb and Uber, meaning that, you know, there’ll be some number of cars that Tesla owns itself and operates in the fleet. You could rent out your guest room or not, anytime you want.

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