Without those reports that have not been read, those comments made could be considered as snarky (based without showing the facts), and the public would assume the worst, especially from a non-U.S. firm (fear rules). While I have had no public stock in anything for many years, and I am not especially rooting for this company, it is best to just lay out what each person can show and try to be fair.
Warren Buffet has his investment hand in BYD, thus explains why they have the money for all the PR I routinely see (but do not post, so as to not saturate the evdl), and BYD has resolved what few issues I have seen, thus have moved forward http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20140224/byd-buses-back-on-track-in-long-beach-transit-officials-say Each person (from the inside, or in my case, the outside) will see a different view, and it is good to bring those facts out. From my experience of sieving through many newswires several times a day, for many years, BYD has had several successes in non U.S. cities http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=message%3Aevln+message%3Abyd&days=0&sort=date Search the evdl archive for BYD news items It is only in the L.A.-CA area, where BYD was caught having a labor issue (they had cheaper non-U.S. people working in the U.S.). From my experience working for, and seeing what was done at other high-tech companies, this is not unheard of to do (saving their company money). But BYD was caught doing it in a way that did not seem legal (they did not have a separate contract company hire those non-U.S. employees and bring them over to work as temporary vendors, plus use the other ways to legally jump through hoops to do the same thing). I am not supporting this practice, but it is wide spread in several companies because there are ways to do the same cheaper-labor-force using accepted/legal U.S. methods [dated http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/12/17/damage-control-byd-brings-crisis-manager-to-address-issues/ http://lbpost.com/place/transit/2000003154-byd-defends-itself-against-allegations-of-labor-violations-federal-testing-shortcomings http://lbpost.com/place/transit/2000002949-byd-executives-defend-flaws-discovered-on-lbt-destined-chinese-bus-frames http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/10/11/long-beach-uh-oh-more-flaws-discovered-in-byd-electric-buses/ ] The above is 2yr-old news issues that were resolved (once BYD learned how to use the system same as all other U.S. companies) and BYD has moved forward from this http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20140224/byd-buses-back-on-track-in-long-beach-transit-officials-say There are other e-bus companies (BYD's competition) that would have loved getting L.A.'s business/contracts and U.S. e-support funding, thus, IMO it is possible their competition that alerted the authorities, and enjoyed the bad-press/smearing of BYD (those kinds of dirty tricks are not limited to just politics). BTW, I posted this BYD news item for a couple of reasons: - it gave some views and insight to the goings on at the north of L.A. plant - stated BYD's continued desire to bring their e-sedans/saloons to the U.S. market same as they have already done in other countries - and it has been a while since my last BYD news post Remember that what happens in Europe (includes the U.K.) affects the U.S. Same as what happens in Asia (from Russia, on south) affects Europe as cheaper e-Goods are sold there. What happens in Oceania (Oz) develops e-markets in Asia and Africa ... (and it all comes back to the U.S. as cheaper e-goods, like BYD EVs). Everything is interconnected and comes-full-circle. So, those with fears, just try to learn what is going on all around us, and perhaps re-think them. For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-Lancaster-CA-BYD-Electric-Bus-Factory-Tour-Govs-wooed-to-CA-tp4678393p4678405.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
