Hot on the trail of electric vehicle brands like Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors is newcomer Denza, the result of a 50:50 joint venture between China’s BYD and Mercedes’ parent company Daimler. You see here the first product of their alliance – a cool blue fellow that appears to not have a name.
Underpinning it is the first-gen Mercedes B-Class platform – a flat floor platform originally designed to house batteries. Daimler take care of the styling, body and chassis while BYD focus on the electric powertrain (BYD used to supply lithium-ion batteries to mobile phone companies, and its E6 model is currently undergoing testing as taxis in Shenzhen).
The NEV’s powertrain is borrowed from the E6, which means its shares the same advanced lithium-ion phosphate battery that allows a 300 km range. Other numbers are unclear, but the E6 taxis in Shenzhen are reported to charge fully in 20 to 30 minutes without deterioration of battery health, and max out at 140 km/h.
Denza’s target market is the increasingly urban and open-minded Chinese middle-class. The company aims to be a premium brand of alternative-energy vehicles.
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huh.. the front light!!!!
I would not dare to buy any product from China that deals with batteries. We all know that China batteries have the tendency to explode.
Over 90% of batteries in the entire world come from China.
At first I mistook it for a smaller Passat CC. lol
waaa….soooo beautiful….
Now here comes the CHINESE…A force to be reckoned with in a few years to come!!!!!
the model in white dress is so beautiful! :) i hope my office has more ladies like this :(
Speak about the electric car, Nissan are launching it at Malaysia!
http://nissan.com.my/newsletters/jtze/images/debbie_emailer_01.jpg
Press launching will be on 3rd May..
Wondering, how long do we still need to test our EV in Putrajaya? Better be quick, businesses wait for no one!
Get ur fact right.. It’s the business that are not ready to market the car for Msia.. Test bed is to see how msian react towards EV. Only then they will convince their principal to bring EV into Msia market. The marketing strategies also will change as they will check your suitability of using EV before selling it to you.. :-)
that preve!!
This is funny. Not the first time someone took that generation of B-Class (well, a knock off version in this case) and added a boot.
http://paultan.org/2010/08/06/beijing-auto-adds-boot-to-merc-b-class-knock-off/
how much is this BYD sold in China, Mr Pal Tan? What’s the warranty policy like?
if this a production design then it gonna be my first China made car !