Europe's first Chinese brand electric depot settled in Hungary

Posted on 10/11/2016 3:31:23 PM

October 10, BYD in Hungary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs held a press conference announced that it will be in the northern city of Komarum to build bus factory in order to further strengthen the two sides in the field of new energy cooperation. This is also China's new energy brand investment in Europe to build the first electric car factory.
The plant is expected to invest over 20 million euros in the first quarter of 2017, with zero-emission pure electric buses expected to employ more than 300 local employees, and an annual assembly of buses on two shifts About 400 units. The plant will have its own R & D center and battery test center, followed by the production of electric trucks, electric forklifts, and even solar energy and other supporting new energy products.
General Manager of BYD Europe, Mr. Duan Jielong, Chinese Ambassador to Hungary, Peter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs of Hungary, and Attila Molnar, Mayor of Komárom, attended the event and delivered speeches.
"The Hungarian plant is BYD's first electric car manufacturer in Europe, but it will not be the last one," he said. "Actually, we are already aggressively positioning the next plant."
"The location of the BYD factory in Hungary, because it is located in central Europe, known as the" heart of Europe, "said the geographical advantages of the obvious at the same time, Hungary in the bus manufacturing has a long history, Engineering skills are superb. "
Attila Molnar, Mayor of the city, said it would make a significant contribution to the local economy and employment, according to BYD Europe's first factory in Komárom.
Peter Szijjártó, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Affairs, welcomed the fact that the Hungarian plant is BYD's second overseas plant, with its own R & D center and battery testing center, following the US and Brazil.
Chinese Ambassador to Hungary Duan Jie Long was also invited to attend the conference. He said that BYD, as a new energy brand in China, is a pioneer in the field of electric vehicles, especially in the field of pure electric buses. With the diesel era is coming to an end, BYD bus in the UK, France and the Netherlands and other European markets, sales surge is expected.

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