Volkswagen and BYD partner up for electric cars
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/" rel="tag">Hybrids/Alternative</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/green/" rel="tag">Green</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/volkswagen/" rel="tag">Volkswagen</a></p><a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2009-byd-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid/1289445/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/05/byd-f3dm-mountains-render.jpg" alt="" /></a><small><big><br /></big></small>
<div align="center"><small><bi g><em><strong><small>200 9 BYD F3DM plug-in hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></big></small></div>
<br />Last week, Volkswagen and Chinese automaker BYD signed a memorandum of understanding to work together "in the area of electric mobility" and vehicles that use li-ion batteries. BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu (yes, the guy who <a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/04/14/wang-chuan-fu-byds-ceo-drinks-battery-fluid-to-prove-a-point/">likes to drink battery fluid</a>) and VW's Martin Winterkorn signed the MOU in Wolfsburg, Germany. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board for Technical Development at Volkswagen, said in a statement (available after the jump) that, "Hybrids and electric vehicles will play an increasingly important role [for VW], of course. Particularly for the Chinese market, potential partners such as BYD could support us in quickly expanding our activities." <br /><br />Perhaps VW was kicked into action by <a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/05/19/live-blog-daimler-announces-new-strategic-partnership-for-evs/">another German automaker taking a look at another EV automaker</a>?<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2009-byd-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid/">2009 BYD F3DM plug-in hybrid</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2009-byd-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid/1289445/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/2009-byd-f3dm-1280_0011_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2009-byd-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid/1289444/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/2009-byd-f3dm-1280_0010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2009-byd-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid/1289443/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/2009-byd-f3dm-1280_0013_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2009-byd-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid/1289442/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/2009-byd-f3dm-1280_0012_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2009-byd-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid/1289441/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/2009-byd-f3dm-1280_0008_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: VW]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/volkswagen-and-byd-partner-up-for-electric-cars/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Volkswagen and BYD partner up for electric cars</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/volkswagen-and-byd-partner-up-for-electric-cars/">Volkswagen and BYD partner up for electric cars</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 26 May 2009 07:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/volkswagen-and-byd-partner-up-for-electric-cars/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1555996/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/volkswagen-and-byd-partner-up-for-electric-cars/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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