For the BBC, Peter Day test drives a new plug-in electric car developed in China:
“Oh, just like one of those new eco-friendly hybrid cars,” you may think.
But the makers argue that hybrids are more gas-guzzler than battery driven, whereas this model tries to be half and half.
And the makers? Well they are called BYD, a Chinese company which has been in existence for a bare 13 years, and which only recently started making any kind of car at all.
This new dual mode rechargeable car makes its launch appearance in China on 15 December, but BYD’s Paul Lin let me have my test drive the other day.
