First Mass Produced Hybrid Plugin Electric Car Hit The Market

F3E

In China that is. While big auto makers are planing and designing the plugin vehicles, BYD Auto. a rechargeable cell phone battery manufacturer is selling a hybrid plugin in China,the car is known as F3DM is on sale for $22,000. The company has set sights in being the leader in fuel efficient auto production.
"Through the F3DM dual-mode electric vehicle, BYD will grab a head-start in the new energy automobile market," he said at the launch in the southern city of Shenzhen, according to Auto 18, an online platform for China's auto industry.
Should not be a hard task as even Warren Buffet got his hand in the company by investing and owning 9.9% of the company.
The company has not released much information on the vehicle itself but I found this information on their F3E;
The quality of the F3e assures excellent performance:The cost of electric power is only 1/3 of that of gasoline consumption;Top speed is over 150km/h;it takes less than 13.5s to accelerate from 0 to 100km/h;The maximum gradeability is more than 30%;The electric power consumption is less than 12kwh per 100km;The car can travel over 300km / per charge;Meanwhile, the battery's life-cycle is about 2000 times/ 600,000km for a complete vehicle.
BYD Press Release

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