BYD Auto has chosen Denmark

Mon, 02/09/2009 - 18:32 — Michał Hadyś

The electric car market is expanding in Denmark as Chinese manufacturer BYD (Build Your Dream) has chosen Denmark as its first European market for electric cars, due to be on the streets by 2011. Sales manager for BYD, Henry Z. Li told B?rsen financial daily that Denmark was chosen as the first European test market because it ‘has the best tax policy among EU countries in relation to electric cars.’

BYD intends to launch its own 3F DM hybrid car and the E6 electric cars on the Danish market, together with a network of car charging stations. Li also said the company plans to have 40 to 50 car models in Copenhagen for a demonstration during the UN Climate Conference at the end of this year. Electric car researcher Morten Rask, from the University of Aarhus, said that the news from the Chinese auto-company will create healthy competition in the market. ‘It shows that Denmark is becoming a global hotspot for electric cars of the future. There seems to be an exciting competitiveness between the very different business concepts,’ said Rask.

The other main player in bringing electric cars to Denmark is Renault-Nissan group.

Source: Copenhagen Post

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