2012 BYD e6 Electric Crossover, $35k, 200-Mile Range? huh?

[Herm]

Any update?

EPA releases economy numbers:

http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46227" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[cwerdna]

I noticed from http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=33383&id=33558&id=33397&id=33612" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, it has a 122 mile range per EPA test cycles. However from that and http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=33383&id=33558&id=33397&id=33337" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, it looks pretty inefficient from an MPGe POV. It's even less efficient than the Coda.

 

[RonDawg]

Any update?

According to Wikpedia:

In May 2013, BYD announced that the e6 will be sold in the U.S. only to fleet consumers, as the company will focus on electric bus sales in North America.

More from the actual report which the Wikipedia article quotes http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1084033_byd-e6-chinese-electric-car-wont-be-sold-to-consumers-in-u-s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :

The e6 electric crossover will be part of those plans, but any hopes the vehicle would be available for private purchase in the U.S. have now fallen through, at least for the time being. Instead, says BYD's Stella Li, the company will focus on taxi fleets.

 

[AndyH]

Not quite ready for primetime, at least if you enjoy hills...

Transport Evolved test-drives the E6

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQeIIhgenr8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvF0cxG4yRk[/youtube]

 

[edatoakrun]

This may be a clever approach, IMO, to the American market, by a completely unknown (here) BEV manufacturer.

I would not be at all surprised if the next-generation BYD becomes one of the better selling BEVs in the USA, a few years from now.

...Opoli Technologies, a ride sharing service based in San Diego, is the first to be granted access to the San Diego airport. It functions using a name-your-price model. With its smart phone app, drivers and ride seekers agree on a fare, 100% of which goes to the driver’s account. Rides can be booked in advance or on demand via the Opoli app, available for iOS and Android.

BYD is China’s largest maker of electric vehicles and will provide 50 of its all-electric e6 EVs to the Opoli fleet. It features two hub motors with a total of 100 horsepower and regenerative braking. The BYD e6 has an innovative 61 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery that gives the car 185 miles of range – considerably more than any other electric vehicle available in America except the Tesla Model S. The breakthrough battery is fireproof and 100% recyclable, unlike traditional lithium-ion batteries.

The BYD e6 is currently used in taxi and municipal fleets in New York, San Francisco and Chicago. It also is in use in Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Rotterdam, Bogota and Rio de Janiero....

BYD does not currently offer its crossover electric cars for sale in the US, preferring instead a “soft launch” strategy that will familiarize the public with its products first. But Warren Buffett has made a large investment in BYD, which specializes in electric buses and heavy trucks. It is a company we will be hearing more about in coming years.

http://ecomento.com/2015/08/04/opali-byd-electric-car-san-diego-ride-sharing/

 

[mwalsh]

Just spotted a black e6 on CA Distributor plates at LAX.

 

[Evoforce]

I had the chance to inspect one about a month ago. It is a very nice looking vehicle and looks very capable of seducing me to buy one if offered to the public and it ends up testing well. The charge connecter on it is of European design. Their electric mass transit bus is quite good as well.

 

[redLEAF]

Another crossover (quite similar to MBZ B-class, no surprise as this is a joint venture) from BYD; but now 249 mile range ...

BYD Denza 400

http://www.leftlanenews.com/denza-400-gets-249-mile-range-hints-at-new-mercedes-benz-ev-92631.html

Would have been kind of cool with these suicide doors from the concept

But will no doubt look more like this

When again are we going to see a presence from BYD here in the U.S.??

 

[jjeff]

Would have been kind of cool with these suicide doors from the concept.....

When again are we going to see a presence from BYD here in the U.S.??

Agree, although to meet safety requirements I bet they'd make a interlock that the front doors had to be opened before the rear door would. I can imagine this would be kind of a PIA when dropping someone off who was in the back seat. The driver or passenger front would have to open the door first. Not sure what would happen if there were no passenger and someone wanted to get out the rear passenger door.....I wonder how the Honda Element worked in that case, I know to open the rear doors the fronts had to be opened, never really thought of what would happen in the case of no front seat passenger......
As to your last point, I agree, it's not just BYD, Europe seems to have many models(many nice) that us in N. America don't have access to :x