Revving China's auto industry
By Peter Day
Global business correspondent, BBC News
Cars leave me cold, but not the BYD F3DM. I drove it the other day, and it really is remarkable.
In one way, it is a rather ordinary compact saloon car, though it did have exceptional acceleration when I put my foot down zooming round the factory grounds in Shenzhen, the vast new Chinese city just north of Hong Kong.
This is a plug-in electric car, hence the acceleration, but when the electric battery runs out after 80 miles (128km), the petrol engine switches in seamlessly.
"Oh, just like one of those new eco-friendly hybrid cars," you may think.
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