Globes Online:  Tel Aviv to switch to electric transport

Minister of the Environment Gilad Erdan is in talks with Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai on using Chinese company BYD's model.Lilach Weissman, China Public transport in Tel Aviv will gradually switch to non-polluting vehiclesover the next few years. As part of measures being introduced by Minister of the Environment Gilad Erdan to reduce the use of polluting vehicles in city centers, taxis in Tel Aviv will be hybrid or electric cars. During his stay in China last week, Erdan visited BYD (Build Your Dreams), the world's second largest battery manufacturer, to examine the company's latest development in electric vehicles. The company has managed to upgrade the batteries to be used by electric vehicle venture Better Place in Israel, and has developed a vehicle whose batteries, instead of being recharged or replaced every 160 kilometers, will have a range of 330 kilometers. BYD is focusing on taxis of this type. Erdan has been in talks with Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai on implementing the company's model in the city. In New York, a move to hybrid taxis is already underway. The switch to non-polluting public transport in tel Aviv is part of a plan that will include all the main cities, as the Ministry of the Environment gears up for expansion of its authority in the area of transport next year under the Clean Air Law. The ministry recently published a tender to find a company to advise it on implementing technology for reducing air pollution in transport. By next year, the ministry intends to impose strict standards on polluting buses and taxis. BYD innovates on the streets of Shenzhen Ten electric taxies made by BYD Co are now running on the streets of Shenzhen, China.BYD e6 follows the design of the crossover. It is a 5-seater purely electric car with an acceleration of 0 to 100 kph in 10 seconds. Its top speed is 140kph, and the battery pack ET-Power located under the rear passenger seats is based on BYD's own lithium-ion iron phosphate technology.Battery-recharge can be done overnight with 220V, but the BYD e6 has also a battery-recharging system that can recharge the battery to 80 percent in about 15 minutes.The car will be launched in the European and American markets firstly.Finally...BYD Successfully Acquired Hunan Midea Coach Development of BYD Bus Base in Changsha China’s BYD Aggressive on Lithium Battery and Hybrid Bus ProductionBYD to Start Selling Electric buses by Year End See the third set of images, far left-side. "K9" -- which, interestingly enough, is displayed alongside the e6 and the F3DM, which are electric/hybrid models.***The Raw USA Market Data.

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