don't like surprises.... This van build has been full of them ... s Big Launch Could Bring a Cheaper iPhone BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, fresh from his meeting with Xi Jinping, claims Chinese ...

The iconic businessman's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a 10% stake in BYD this year, and the stock feeding frenzy that resulted pushed Chuanfu's personal wealth from a piffling $880 million up to a ...

In the U.S. at least, Wang Chuanfu is not a household name like Henry Ford or Elon Musk, but he’s no less important than these automotive pioneers. Chuanfu is the chief executive officer of ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's electric vehicles are around three to five years ahead of the competition in terms of products, technology and the industrial chain, BYD's CEO Wang Chuanfu said in an ...

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BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu (yes, the guy who likes to drink battery fluid) and VW's Martin Winterkorn signed the MOU in Wolfsburg, Germany. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board for Technical ...

Wang Chuanfu–a “combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch,” to quote Charlie Munger–cofounded BYD in 1995 as a battery maker for mobile phones, and pivoted to cars in 2003. BYD’s ultra ...

The system, known as God’s Eye, “will mark a new era when all customers can access smart driving”, founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu said. The ADAS system would beat market expectations ...

Wang Chuanfu, founder of Chinese EV giant BYD, got a prime seat at Monday’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, meant to show Beijing’s renewed commitment to its beleaguered tech sector.