BYD’s Role in Sustainable Development Garners High Praise at C40 Cities’ 10th Anniversary Celebration

The celebration of the 10th anniversary of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group – held on September 21 2015 in New York – had a special “China feel” in the atmosphere, with the impending arrival of President Xi Jinping in the United States on an official visit, the recent announcement of the megacities of Guangzhou and Nanjing joining as members of the C40 network – bringing the total membership of Chinese megacities to seven – and the strong presence of Chinese EV giant BYD Company Ltd. as an important global partner of C40 Cities in the areas of renewable energy and zero-emission mass urban transportation. Amongst the high ranking dignitaries in attendance were former US President Bill Clinton – also a founding member of C40 – former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Johannesburg Parks Tau, Vice Mayor of London Matthew Pencharz and Vice Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Rodrigo Rosa.

Mr. Clinton sided by BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu and SVP Stella Li

With over 5,000 zero-emission electric buses delivered worldwide and thousands more units ordered and under production, BYD is by far the world’s largest maker of pure electric buses. Its electrified public transportation solutions are currently running in over 150 cities in 37 countries, beating the US and Japan in technology and sales. This means the company stands out as the only automaker to make electrified transportation feasible and affordable to the masses, making an actual difference in the effort to significantly cut carbon emissions from urban transportation. Aiming at furthering its sustainability platform by boosting its proven electrified urban transportation solutions around the world, this year BYD has partnered with C40 Cities as a funding partner for the third edition of the C40 Cities Leadership Awards, which showcases world-leading city policies and programs that reduce emissions and improve sustainability.

Mr. Bloomberg expresses gratitude to C40 and BYD

BYD’s role and contribution to sustainable development in the sector of energy and transportation won effusive praise from all dignitaries present at the event. Former US President Bill Clinton highlighted the extreme importance of the cooperation between governments and the private sector in promoting sustainability, and placed great expectations on BYD – which he was already acquainted with after inspecting and trying the BYD e6 electric crossover in Colombia, along with former Mayor of Bogota Gustavo Petro Urrego – by saying: “We look forward to cooperating with such outstanding enterprises as BYD to promote the development of green energy”. Mr. Michael Bloomberg unreservedly expressed his appreciation and gratitude to C40 and BYD for their invaluable support and contribution to the environmental cause.

London Vice-Mayor Michael Pencharz pays his compliments to Mr. Wang Chuanfu

London Vice-Mayor, Mr. Matthew Pencharz, paid compliments to BYD’s technology and resources, and welcomed the BYD double-decker electric bus recently incorporated into the London service fleet. He also announced plans to replace all internal combustion buses for pure electric ones by 2020. Mr. Pencharz visited BYD factories and tested several of its EV models in October last year.

Johannesburg Mayor, Mr. Park Tau meets BYD’s Mr. Wang and Ms. Li.

The Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. Park Tau, joined the chorus and expressed great optimism towards BYD’s electric buses, energy storage systems and solar power solutions, and plans to visit the company’s facilities in the coming month. Vice-Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Rodrigo Rosa expressed his admiration for BYD’s green transportation and presented BYD Chairman, Mr. Wang Chuanfu, with a Rio 2016 Olympics album.

Rio’s Vice-Mayor presents Mr. Wang with 2016 Olympics album

About BYD

BYD Company Ltd. is one of China’s largest companies to have successfully expanded globally. Specializing in battery technologies, their green mission to “solve the whole problem” has made them industry pioneers and leaders in several High-tech sectors including High-efficiency Automobiles, Electrified Public Transportation, Environmentally-Friendly Energy Storage, Affordable Solar Power and Information Technology and Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) services.

As the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, their mission to create safer and more environmentally friendly battery technologies has led to the development of the BYD Iron Phosphate (or "Fe") Battery. This fire-safe, completely recyclable and incredibly long-cycle technology has become the core of their clean energy platform that has expanded into automobiles, buses, trucks, utility vehicles and energy storage facilities. BYD and all of their shareholders, including the great American Investor Warren Buffett, see these environmentally and economically forward products as the way of the future.

BYD has made a strong entrance to the North, Central and South American markets with their battery electric buses, and lineup of automobiles. Their mission lies not just in sales growth, but also in sociological integration and local job creation as they have poured incredible investments into developing offices, dealerships and manufacturing facilities in the local communities they now call home, truly a first for Chinese companies. For more information, please visit www.byd.com or www.facebook.com/bydcompany.

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