2010 BYD F3DM Hybrid

Using the current opportunity the upcoming 2011 Detroit Auto Show, BYD will present its "Three Green Dreams" strategy. That showcases three green energy items: solar power; environmentally friendly energy storage (the company's lithium-ion iron phosphate batteries) and efficient energy consumption symbolized by the automaker's plug-in vehicles.

Additionally, the Chinese automaker will show off its "Green City Solutions" that features electric-drive vehicles, home energy storage units and energy-saving LED lighting.

The automaker will turn to the podium to reveal its U.S. launch schedule for plug-in vehicles – as it kind of did last year. BYD will display its 2012 e6 Premier electric crossover and will wheel out its S6DM (a dual-mode plug-in hybrid SUV), both of which will be shown for the first time ever. However, we expect that BYD's U.S. launch announcement will be connected to the automaker's F3DM – a vehicle that hit the streets for fleet testing in California a short while ago – and the E6 electric.

BYD will present their short and long term "Green City Solutions" which includes plans to help cities electrify all public transportation, and reduce air pollution and carbon emissions at a low cost.

2012 BYD e6 pure-electric vehicle Premier and the brand-new dual mode electric SUV -- the S6DM will make their world premieres on the main floor exhibit space at the COBO Center at the 2011 NAIAS. The World's first mass-produced F3DM sedan low-carbon version and the core drive technology of the pure-electric bus, shown at EVS25 recently, will also be showcased.

The BYD F3DM low-carbon version also features the BYD Fe battery together with a BYD 371QA 1.0-liter gasoline engine. This vehicle is equipped standard with a solar panel sunroof to parallel charge the Fe battery. Powered by the Fe battery pack alone, the F3DM can travel over 60km (38+ miles). The extended range HEV mode allows the car to achieve another 500 km (or 313 miles) with a maximum speed of 150km/h (about 93.2 mph).