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BYD Auto Co., Ltd. is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, and a wholly owned subsidiary of BYD Company. It was founded in 2003, following BYD Company's acquisition of Tsinchuan Automobile Company in 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About BYD )〕 Its principal activity is the design, development, manufacture and distribution of passenger cars and buses sold under the BYD brand. It also has a 50:50 joint venture with Daimler AG, Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co., Ltd., which develops and manufactures luxury electric cars sold under the Denza brand. BYD Auto sold a total of 506,189 passenger cars in China in 2013, making it the tenth-largest selling brand and the largest selling Chinese brand. ==History== BYD Co Ltd created the wholly owned subsidiary BYD Auto a year after its 2002 acquisition of the Tsinchuan Automobile Company,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Profile )〕 which may have been made solely to acquire the passenger car production license held by the purchased company. While the Chinese state is credited with development of an indigenous auto industry, BYD Auto may have been created in the absence of a State policy explicitly supporting independently owned automobile manufacturers. In 2008, BYD Auto began selling its first mass-produced, full hybrid vehicle, the BYD F3DM. China subsidizes oil (an incentive for the State to encourage use and manufacture of electric cars), and Chinese automakers see opportunities in less mature electric vehicles because Western companies have yet to develop much of a lead in the technology.〔For China's oil subsidy, see *For EV opportunities eyed by Chinese firms, see 〕 In late December 2008, Warren Buffett spent $230 million on the acquisition of a 10% stake in BYD Auto's parent, BYD Company. In 2009, the company sold 448,400 cars in China, and two-thirds of sales were its BYD F3 model.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BYD aims to double car sales again in 2010 )〕 In the same year, BYD began the export of its cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East. The city of Shenzhen will buy 500 E6 models pure EV to serve as taxis. Also, 1000 electric buses will be purchased as part of a 2009 Central government policy. As of 2015, BYD is in the process of opening its first passenger car factory in Brazil to focus on supplying electric vehicles for taxi's and car-sharing schemes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BYD Auto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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