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BYD gains permission to sell e-buses to EU

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A Chinese carmaker backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said on Monday it had gained official permission to sell its electric buses in all European Union member states.

The "Whole Vehicle Type Approval" granted by EU - which came weeks after BYD announced its plan to build electric buses in Bulgaria with a local partner - marked its latest effort to tap green vehicle potentials overseas.

BYD has been promoting its electric vehicles in the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Canada, Uruguay and the United States among others.

Its Bulgarian plant, capable of building 40-60 vehicles each month, is expected to deliver its first sample electric bus in February, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
In October 2012, BYD secured an order of 50 electric cars from London cab service provider greentomatocars.

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Interesting, did anyone from China rode on one of these yet?
 
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Great! BYD should also prepare to widen their product line selling electric e-taxis to EU!

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The e-taxis are running all over Shenzhen China.
 
^^^ spacious, comfortable, energy efficient @ top speed of 144 km/hour for 200-300 km per charge and quiet e-taxis selling to N America! Wow is that real?
 
^^^ spacious, comfortable, energy efficient @ top speed of 144 km/hour for 200-300 km per charge and quiet e-taxis selling to N America! Wow is that real?

Last I've heard was, the E6 will be available for sale to the public here in the US sometime in 2014. And I think some of their eBus is already serving the LAX Airport.
 
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