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  USATODAY.com - As economy grows, Chinese hit the gas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Instead, a historic auto boom is filling the roads in China's major cities and attracting the world's major automakers to an exhibition that once was an industry afterthought.
BYD sold just 25,000 Flyer minicars last year and expects to sell 35,000 this year, according to Wang Chuanfu, 38, the company's chairman and president.
It's impossible to tell at the auto show,but this remains a country where the vast majority of people are farmers who struggle to survive on annual incomes that wouldn't buy a rear window defogger, let alone an entire passenger car.
www.usatoday.com /money/autos/2004-06-15-china-autos_x.htm   (1608 words)

  
 Chinese Automakers 'Absorb' Foreign Concepts
I was thinking about lagniappe while standing in front of the BYD Auto exhibit at the 11th International Automobile and Manufacturing Technology Exhibition here, which ends April 28.
They were standing in front of the huge BYD logo, which looked for all the world like the BMW shield with a few minor changes, seething with quiet rage.
BYD Auto has a written explanation for this striking similarity, and apparently for its appropriation of much of the BMW logo.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042500310_pf.html   (750 words)

  
 Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
With spectacularly inauspicious timing, the world's largest auto manufacturer, General Motors, announced in June that it was investing a further US$3 billion (on top of the $2 billion committed earlier) over the next three years to more than double capacity to 1.3 million vehicles and add 20 new models.
First Auto Works (FAW), the country's largest indigenous producer, was targeting an 11% increase in output this year to 1 million units and even the upstart Geely, China's largest car manufacturer with no foreign ties, was hoping to double output this year to 160,000 units.
BYD Auto, which is owned by the world's second-largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, is exporting cheap compacts to Syria and Sudan while Geely sends its cars to the Middle East and Mexico and hopes to be selling its Uliou sedan in the US by the end of the year.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FJ02Ad05.html   (1594 words)

  
 Battery firm bids for leading role in auto industry
China's top battery maker and newcomer in auto sector BYD Co Ltd plans to become one of China's major car manufacturers in the next 10 years.
After the takeover, BYD reformed the firm's outdated management structure and increased the capital of the previously State-owned firm, Wang said.
According to Wang, BYD has designed four models, of which the 1.6-litre BYD316, the first car with with the BYD brand, will make its debut in the first quarter of this year.
www2.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2004-02/04/content_302935.htm   (619 words)

  
 Chinese battery maker BYD to take over car firm
HONG KONG, Jan 23, 2003; Reuters reports that Chinese battery maker BYD Co Ltd said on Thursday it would acquire control of a state-owned car maker for 269.5 million yuan (US$32.6 million), to tap the country's fast-growing auto market.
BYD had agreed to buy a 77 percent stake in Xian Zhen Chuan Automobile Ltd from two state companies, it said in a statement.
BYD said the acquisition was a move towards its strategy of producing rechargeable batteries for electric motor vehicles.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/01/22/153208.html   (298 words)

  
 TIME Asia Print Page: Too Much, Too Soon? --
Although the new owner, called BYD (acronym for Brings You Dollars), has no experience building cars, it still plans to invest a war chest raised on the Hong Kong stock exchange to build a new facility that will start producing a family of Flyers as early as next year.
Volkswagen, maker of the best-selling autos in China, plans to invest nearly $7 billion to double capacity to 1.6 million cars over the next five years.
The Flyer was designed by BYD Chinese engineers, but at least two other companies are suspected of trying to cut costs through a time-tested Asian shortcut: copying Western designs.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501031124-543832,00.html   (2616 words)

  
 Auto China 2004 Features 1,600 New Models - Automotive news and opinions - Auto123.com - Canadian automotive network
Byd is one of the leading mobile phone battery producers in the world and also owner of an automobile plant.
Byd introduced several concept cars at the press portion of Auto China 2004 last week.
Byd's F2 and F4 crossover models are updates of the brand's current Flyer.
www.auto123.com /en/info/news/news,view.spy?artid=25477   (440 words)

  
 BYD Auto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
BYD Auto is an automobile manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong in the People's Republic of China
With around 60.000 employees, an own BYD education center and a world leadership in manufacturing of rechargeable batteries, especially for mobile phones, BYD is well known as a high tech developer and manufacturer in the IT industry.
Gasoline Cars: BYD Flyer / BYD F3 / BYD F6
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BYD_Auto   (114 words)

  
 Auto Shanghai 2005 Aims for New Record Next Spring
As one of the top three auto makers in China's domestic auto industry, Shanghai GM will appear in Shanghai next year signaling its ambition to become the leader of China's auto industry.
The scale of the multinational auto giants will escalate the event to a new high, and help set the scene for Auto Shanghai 2005 to be the best auto exhibition in Asia.
Auto Shanghai 2005 will further provide two new press centers, with a total space of 1,000 square meters.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/10-25-2004/0002308429   (1096 words)

  
 EV digest 3208
In Westchester County, students, individuals and auto makers participating in the Tour de Sol competition will have an opportunity to show off their stuff to the general public and earn points toward the championship, which honors the greenest one-of-a-kind and on-the- market vehicles with quality performance.
Auto > designs don't naturally provide a place for the other side of the > junctions (where the pumped heat would go, or the cold side if using > them for heating).
In addition auto heater design is usually for air > to blow through a rather thin heater core or condenser, not flowing > over a finned block.
www.mail-archive.com /ev@listproc.sjsu.edu/msg04421.html   (5647 words)

  
 Business
Growth of auto batteries and heating and cooling systems for buildings were positive and helped offset the declines in the auto interiors business.
BYD owns 77% of automaker BYD Auto Company which contributed 2.5% of total turnover.
The plan is to increase BYD’s share in BYD Auto to 92% for an additional 52.5 million yuan.
www.batteriesdigest.com /business.htm   (7707 words)

  
 Autobodyonline News
The Globe Network is an auto glass repair and replacement referral business with affiliated service providers throughout the United States.
Though we provide auto glass repair and replacement services in our Canadian locations as well as our Gerber Collision & Glass facilities in Illinois, we do not currently offer auto glass services in the balance of our U.S. locations.
Cheskis, who has extensive business experience in the auto glass repair industry, is the former President of the USA Glass Network.
www.autobodyonline.com /showstory.cfm?id=6533   (504 words)

  
 Inside Line: The Electric Car's Not Dead; Asian Companies Strive for Breakthrough -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Also in the game is Chinese battery maker Byd, which bought local automaker Xi'an Qinchuan Auto in 2004 for $32 million.
Byd is the world's second largest maker of rechargeable batteries for mobile phones, behind Japan's Sanyo.
Byd claims it has developed an EV with a range of 250 miles per charge, to be launched in 2006.
www.edmunds.com /insideline/do/News/articleId=106930   (357 words)

  
 Moldova.org - Auto - News - BYD
Formerly known as Xi'an Qinchuan, Byd Automobile Company was set up in early 2003 when mobile phone battery maker, Byd acquired 77 per cent of equity shares.
Originally the Qinchuan Machinery Factory first ventured into automobiles back in the mid-1980s with copies of the Honda Today and the Fiat 126.
About 20000 were made in 2003 as Byd is restructuring the company.
auto.moldova.org /marci/eng/68   (118 words)

  
 Global Auto Index - research 1,700 car makers, 100,000 photos - the best and largest free online car catalog and ...
Global Auto Index - research 1,700 car makers, 100,000 photos - the best and largest free online car catalog and biggest automotive directory in the world.
News > 2004-06-14 > Byd at Auto China 2004
Byd, one of the leading moble phone battery producers of the world and owner of an automobile plant introduced several concept cars at the Auto China 2004 Show in Beijing last week.
www.globalautoindex.com /news.plt?no=863   (226 words)

  
 BW Online | September 23, 2002 | Chinese Companies Are Going Where the Money Is
BYD Co. was already the world's No. 4 rechargeable-battery maker, and Wang had dreams of becoming No. 1.
BYD is just the latest in a growing number of privately owned Chinese companies looking to international investors for capital.
Thirty-eight companies--from orchid growers to natural gas distributors--have tried their luck in foreign markets in the last two years, and there are plenty more in the pipeline.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/02_38/b3800174.htm   (791 words)

  
 BYD Auto. - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
It's not the first time that a car company copyed another car design or used their ideas.
I wish China's auto manufacturer would have more originality.
We might have to wait at least another 20-30 years before anything original and good-looking might come out of their factories.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=18152   (276 words)

  
 Amazon.com: 30IN LCD Flat Panel HDtv By Byd Sign Inc: Electronics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but over a million other items are.
byd: sign is a high-definition display technology company that goes beyond trying to make the perfect product - it strives to make the product perfect for you.
With this in mind, its products are precision engineered with the most desired and practical components.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002EZVEO?v=glance   (388 words)

  
 Remember the Bug? at After Gutenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Now the question is whether the other Asian auto manufacturers, e.g., Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, etc., will “take their cue” from Toyota and hedge on adding a plug or whether they will attempt to find a niche by providing a relatively easy to add, albeit, currently expensive, option?
Others see PHEVs as a way for at least one manufacturer to leapfrog past existing auto makers, and others at many levels of California government see the opportunity for a domestic PHEV design/assembly industry.
We’re exploring with public officials ways to provide incentives to auto makers to build PHEVs, and with government and industry suppliers the opportunities for California to become a design, production (perhaps) an assembly center for PHEVs.
www.jcwinnie.biz /wordpress/?p=934   (1702 words)

  
 BYD Batteries, Battery Chargers, Adapters and Accessories - eBatts.com
BYD Batteries, Battery Chargers, Adapters and Accessories - eBatts.com
Select the device type of BYD to find Batteries and Accessories:
Sorry, but we currently do not carry any products for this manufacturer.
www.ebatts.com /byd_manmodels.aspx   (48 words)

  
 North- post Audi Club
Ford Motor Company demonstrated new Ford Focus ST. automobile it was equipped with the gasoline engine of 2,5 liters, they will bring the first party of these machines by the power of 225 hp from Germany in the beginning of 2006.
But in this case?.sevolozhskiy auto works is intended in 2006 to increase the volumes of production to 60 thousand automobiles per year.
To 2005 the market share for domestic auto works reached marks 60%, which were remained 40% they went away to foreign companies.
www.audi-bmw.com /audi2006-33/audi2006north-707.htm   (1787 words)

  
 Boyd Group to roll out "Gerber" brand to U.S. operations : ArriveNet Press Releases : Autos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
WINNIPEG, MB, June 7 /CNW/ - Boyd Group Income Fund (TSX:BYD.UN) today announced that, as part of its plan to leverage the strategic value of its recently acquired Gerber Auto Collision and Glass operations, it will roll out the "Gerber Collision and Glass" brand to all its U.S. operations.
"The Gerber name is also recognized nationally in the auto glass industry, which also fits well with our plan to extend auto glass services to all of our U.S. operations." The Gerber name will be rolled out on a market-by-market basis, beginning with Boyd's Georgia operations.
With the introduction of the Gerber name, most facilities will be dual branded with existing business names for a transitional period.
press.arrivenet.com /autos/article.php/366790.html   (543 words)

  
 The Automobiles Home Car Discussions - Chinese carmakers copying designs at the latest auto shows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
As Chinese economy is booming, it is bound to have a carmaker or two that will eventually make it big.
First one from the top left, BYD F3 (Chinese), Toyota Corolla, SH Motors CEO (Chinese), BMW X3, Chery A21 (Chinese), Nissan Tiana, Toyota RAV4, Chery A21 from back, Renault-Samsung SM5 (which is based on Nissan Tiana), and Chery Tigo.
These are pretty similar looking cars, but automakers that sell cars in China can't do much to avert this problem because most likely these Chery guys and BYD probably have better connections with the Chinese officials than guys at BMW or Toyota.
www.auho.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1381   (214 words)

  
 globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : Boyd Gaming Announces Quarterly Dividend
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.085 per share, payable on December 1, 2004 to shareholders of record on November 12, 2004.
All forward-looking statements in this document are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
Headquartered in Las Vegas, Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) is a leading diversified owner and operator of 18 gaming entertainment properties, plus one under development, located in Nevada, New Jersey, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana and Louisiana.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20041025&archive=prnews&slug=2004_10_25_08_0449_1245223   (318 words)

  
 Sta je sve Made in China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
BYD QCJ 7081, QCJ 7090, QCJ 7110 F1 FLYER, made in Xi’an, Shaanxi
BYD QCJ 7240 F6 (BYD 624), made in Xi’an, Shaanxi
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www.pungas.com /forum/showthread.php?tid=9256   (2378 words)

  
 CHINA: Battery maker buys minicar company : Automotive News & Comment
BYD Co, China's largest rechargeable battery maker, will buy control of the country's sixth-largest mini-car maker for 269.5 million yuan ($US33 million) in preparation for making batteries for electric vehicles, the country’s Business Daily Update said.
BYD said in a statement it agreed to buy 77 % of Xian Zhen Chuan Automobile Ltd, a State-owned company that makes 800 cc cars under the Flyer brand.
The price is a 6.4% premium to Xian Zhen Chuan's net asset value.
www.just-auto.com /article.aspx?art=40046&type=1   (179 words)

  
 OAV from KGID   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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weather.cod.edu /kamala/ks/latest.nous53.KGID.html   (838 words)

  
 BW Online | July 8, 2002 | Merck Falls amid Questionable Revenue for Prescription Drug Unit
Soundview cut AOL Time Warner 's (AOL) $27 target to $18, and cut the targets for Clear Channel, Viacom and Disney.
Wells Fargo upgraded Boyd Gaming (BYD) to buy from market perform.
The company notes the stock is rebounding after falling recently with other gaming stocks on the fear of possible terrorism over the July 4th weekend.
www.businessweek.com /investor/content/jul2002/pi2002078_3018.htm   (734 words)

  
 The Boyd Group Inc. - News - News Release Boyd Group Acquires Auto Glass Repair Network - Tue Jun 27, 2006
The Boyd Group Inc. - News - News Release Boyd Group Acquires Auto Glass Repair Network - Tue Jun 27, 2006
We plan to integrate the Globe Network into our U.S. based Gerber Collision and Glass head office to realize cost synergies, while leveraging our strategic industry relationships to drive future growth," said Terry Smith, President and CEO of the Boyd Group.
Though we provide auto glass repair and replacement services in our Canadian locations as well as our Gerber Collision and Glass facilities in Illinois, we do not currently offer auto glass services in the balance of our U.S. locations.
www.boydgroup.com /s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=99092&_Title=News-Release-Boyd-Group-Acquires-Auto-Glass-Repair-Network   (896 words)

  
 OAV from KTOP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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CONDS ELSW CONTG BYD 15Z THRU 21Z AND SPRDG EWD  
kamala.cod.edu /ks/latest.nous53.KTOP.html   (309 words)

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