Will BYD again break its promise?

BYD has created its confident upstart image among the plug-in cars market, of course with its strong ambition. Chuanfu Wang, CEO of BYD has claimed for several times, "Our electric car technology can surpass that of those big names like GM and Toyota!"

The company hopes to be China's No. 1 automaker in about five years and to be the world's leading carmaker by 2025. And they plan to get there by selling green cars—as many as 9 million hybrid or plug-in cars a year by 2025. But up to now, almost all of its sales come from the traditional vehicles.

The tech chief of a global auto maker who recently drove BYD's all-electric battery car, the e6, said that he was "truly astonished that they plan to sell such a half-baked car" in China later this year and in the U.S. next year, reported the Wall Street Journal.
The ride was "rough," which indicates a problem with the car's computer control technology, and its handling was "squishy," the executive added.