One is the “battery king” and the new car manufacturer BYD, one of Europe’s largest car manufacturer Volkswagen, recently, a joint development of electric vehicles on the memorandum of cooperation the two departments together, become a vehicle to explore the power-driven area partners. The industry say that as the recognition and join BYD core technology - automotive batteries is expected to usher in profound knowledge of the moment, BYD is expected to become the core of the world’s major electric vehicle battery technology providers.
BYD seeking to force the public trying to take advantage leading-edge
Recently, Volkswagen Group to be invited by the domestic automobile manufacturers BYD delegation to the general public to visit the headquarters. In the meantime, BYD Group Chairman Wang Chuanfu and Volkswagen Chairman of the Board MartinWinterkorn signed a memorandum of cooperation.
The vehicle access to information exchange activities, initially in Germany, Isenbüttel Electronic Technology Center, go to Wolfsburg after the test track, BYD showed the mass to the kinetic energy of pairs of golf and a brand new electric hybrid prototype car, after the two sides to study together and discussed the technical characteristics of these two cars.
The reporters found that during the period from the Shanghai Auto Show Volkswagen Group chairman Winterkorn BYD publicly with the intention of cooperation in the field in the battery start to the recent memorandum of cooperation signed by both parties, both before and after we’ve had only a month’s time. The two companies cooperate in electric vehicle space quickly, based on the two sides agreed to determine the future of the auto market: the future of electric cars and hybrids will play a more important role.
The industry say, the mass in which the European market is forecast to be the first electric vehicle market, the market, but in the field of electric vehicles, Europe, Japan and the United States is still in catch-up pattern of market competition among the co-operation with BYD, Europe, the depot is expected to fill the length of board, to shorten development time. The public side said that hybrid and is very optimistic about the prospects for electric vehicles, such as BYD Auto that strong partners will help people to expand their business quickly.
BYD become the world leader in electric vehicle R & D
In the battery field, BYD in China and the world have occupied an important position. Currently BYD nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries and lithium batteries sold separately ranks the world’s first, second and third. BYD latest report shows that in 2008 BYD rechargeable batteries and other business turnover ratio of up to 23%.
In entering the automotive market, BYD successful transformation into a car manufacturing company. BYD has been launched by the end of December 2008 do not rely on the world’s first professional dual-mode electric vehicle charging stations F3DM, and will be launched by the end of 2009 a pure electric vehicles e6. In the global electric vehicle market, BYD repairer sitting on traditional technology and core battery technologies have become increasingly prominent in the field of participants and leaders.
In the field of electric cars, BYD’s ambition is clearly not confined to China. Prior to Wang Chuanfu has said that BYD is working with a U.S. car manufacturer, as well as two European car manufacturers on the provision of lithium batteries for consultations. With the memorandum of cooperation of the public, the public has been proved to be one of them. The industry said that in the research and manufacture of new energy vehicles, diesel vehicles, whether they are known for the development of the public, or in battery-only solution the world’s BYD, are very close from the new energy development goals of the auto companies. By working together, the two companies can take advantage of the strengths in this field rapidly.
The BYD with the public’s cooperation is not only strong support of the general public to be battery technology, but also for the battery to enter the European market, BYD has opened the door. To industry sources, BYD on the one hand, through technical input to promote its battery technology, while using the public distribution network in Europe to achieve the purpose of entering the European market.