Monday, January 24, 2011

Daimler and BYD's GOLF electric car getting closer to completion?

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Daimler AG is of course best known as the producer of Mercedes-Benz
vehicles, cars that usually sit toward the higher end of their
respective classes. BYD, on the other hand, makes batteries,
cellphones, and inexpensive cars that often look an awful, awful lot
like other, rather more expensive ones. Strange bedfellows, these, but
according to a "knowledgeable individual" quoted by The Wall Street
Journal the two are getting closer to finalizing plans for an electric
vehicle, freezing the design ahead of production to begin toward the
end of 2012. The car is said to be called the GOLF, standing for
Green, Oxygen, Light, and Friendship -- though that L could also
double for Lawsuit given VW already sells its Golf in China. This
partnership is similar to what BMW is doing, working with Brilliance
China Automotive to get a foothold into the potentially Chinese EV
market, which is already starting to heat up and should only continue
to do so over the coming years.

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