The Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD plans to launch in Europe in 2020. In addition to a 100% electric SUV, commercial vehicles with an electric drive are also planned.
BYD has been active in Europe for some time now with electrically powered buses for public transport. In the passenger car area, the all-electric compact crossover BYD e6 was used for a number of attempts by various importers. However, large quantities were not achieved with the e6, which is mainly used as a taxi in China.
BYD Europe, based in the Netherlands, is planning a centrally guided market entry for 2020. BYD initially only wants to compete with the Tang electric SUV in the important e-car market in Norway and only offer the electrically driven version EV600 long SUV series there. The Elektro-Tang is available in China with either one or two 180 kW / 245 hp electric motors and a battery of around 83 kWh for a range of over 500 kilometres.
