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| Chamber in Review 活 動 重 溫 |Electric Cars Hitting電 動 車 全 速 上 路300 e6 taxis have been running in Shenzhen since May 2011.300 輛 e6 計 程 車 自 2011 年 5 月 起 在 深 圳 投 入 服 務 。Members see how cars are recharged at an EV charging station.會 員 參 觀 電 動 車 充 電 站 的 快 速 充 電 過 程 。The world’s leading supplier ofrechargeable batteries opened itsdoors to 35 Chamber members onDecember 15 to show how it is blazingthe trail in new energy, especially electriccar development.Established in 1995, BYD has grownat an incredible pace as one of China’stop high-tech enterprise specializingin IT, automobile, and new energy.Just seven years after its establishment,BYD was listed on the Hong KongStock Exchange in July 2002. Today, ithas around 180,000 employees and 11industrial parks across the Mainland.BYD Auto has been growing at an averageannual rate of over 100% for the pastconsecutive five years and leads the field ofelectric vehicles. BYD Auto’s Ray Huangexplained that the company produces awide range of cars, from basic town cars toits SUV S6, as well as hybrid models.“BYD’s pure-electric crossover vehicle,the e6, has been serving as a taxi inShenzhen since last May, and the totalmileage of the 300 e6 taxis in Shenzhenexceeded 8 million kilometers byNovember,” he said.Its pure-electric bus, the eBUS-12,also serves the Shenzhen public transportationsystem and the 200 eBUS-12son the road had clocked up over 1.8 millionkilometers by November.Huang said BYD is looking to introducecertain models of its pure electriccars in Hong Kong later this year, andexpects that once the electric recharginginfrastructure is expanded, demand forthe vehicles will take off.Members also visited a power chargingstation, which can fully recharge cars in aslittle as 20-30 minutes, and an intelligenthome which makes use of the latest wind,solar and other new energy sources.60 January 2012 The Bulletin 工 商 月 刊