Chinese automaker BYD introduced their BYD F3DM EREV (Extended Range Electric Vehicle) here in Detroit, a car similar to the Chevy Volt. Except the BYD hybrid's already in production. Also ...

The creatively named BYD F3DM looks like a generic Japanese sedan from the mid-’90s, but under the hood is a plug-in, gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain. Unlike current hybrids, such as the ...

China-based BYD Motors Inc. and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) have finalized a deal that will send an undisclosed amount of the automaker's F3DM plug-in hybrid (the DM ...

Chinese automaker BYD has unveiled the BYD F3DM electric vehicle (EREV) for sale in the Chinese market. BYD also plans to bring the 62-mile range $22,000 car to the US and out-Volt the Volt.

BYD Dolphin Mini (Seagull) launch in Brazil (Source: BYD) BYD built its first NEV, the F3DM, equipped with its first-gen DM hyrid tech, in 2008. Wang claims it was the “world’s first” plug ...

it introduced a plug-in hybrid variant of the model called the F3DM. Interestingly, this early PHEV was shown by BYD at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, already hinting at the automaker’s ...

has seen fit to bring a PHEV here.This isn’t new ground for BYD. Back in 2008, it was the first manufacturer to mass-produce a PHEV. Called the F3DM, it was a bit of a commercial flop.

They started making cars in 2003. A BYD F3DM.Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images BYD moved into the car business after buying Xi'an Tsinchuan, a failing state-owned automaker that was then an arm of ...

The F3DM was a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. That same year Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made what was at the time a $230 million investment in BYD. This gave a boost to BYD’s ...

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But its automotive subsidiary showed its savvy when Rolls-Royce began its own press conference just as BYD was unveiling the F3DM. The Chinese hybrid’s moment of glory looked lost forever as a ...