The creatively named BYD F3DM looks like a generic Japanese sedan from the mid-’90s, but under the hood is a plug-in, gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain. Unlike current hybrids, such as the ...

it introduced a plug-in hybrid variant of the model called the F3DM. Interestingly, this early PHEV was shown by BYD at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, already hinting at the automaker’s ...

The F3DM was a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. That same year Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made what was at the time a $230 million investment in BYD. This gave a boost to BYD’s ...

BYD Dolphin Mini (Seagull) launch in Brazil (Source: BYD) BYD built its first NEV, the F3DM, equipped with its first-gen DM hyrid tech, in 2008. Wang claims it was the “world’s first” plug ...

They started making cars in 2003. A BYD F3DM.Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images BYD moved into the car business after buying Xi'an Tsinchuan, a failing state-owned automaker that was then an arm of ...

The F3DM was a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. That same year Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made what was at the time a $230 million investment in BYD. This gave a boost to BYD's electric ...

has seen fit to bring a PHEV here.This isn’t new ground for BYD. Back in 2008, it was the first manufacturer to mass-produce a PHEV. Called the F3DM, it was a bit of a commercial flop.

BYD has surpassed Tesla in the EV market share ... BYDDF was the first company to develop a mass-produced plug-in hybrid car, the F3DM, which began the company's adventure into EV manufacturing.