Chinese EV Startup Byton Files For Bankruptcy
The brand behind the M-Byte SUV never started series production.
The brand behind the M-Byte SUV never started series production.
It is not clear if the M-Byte will use the MIH Open Platform, though.
It has sliding doors, three seats, and a central driving position.
Some OEMs insist they're still on track with upcoming EVs, while others continue to have delays.
The COVID-19 crisis continues to bring the auto industry to a halt.
Byton also finalized the home charging installation deal for the U.S. market with Qmerit.
From sales strategy and partners, through price and preliminary specs, as well as charging info.
Prepping for volume production in mid-2020.
Byton is building a hybrid retail model that has never been attempted in the U.S.
The arrangement provides customers free unlimited charging for two years.
Globally, the company received more than 50,000 reservations for the M-Byte.
BYTON M-Byte has reached the production stage and is now heading market launch in China next year.
But is it an SUV or a SIV?
Yes, that huge, 48" display screen will make it to production
BYTON's M-Byte skateboard platform revealed.
It was nearly three years ago to the day when we reported that Dr. Carsten Breitfeld, father of the BMW i8 was leaving BMW, along with a couple other top BMW i managers.
The base M-Byte will have a 71-kWh battery pack and a starting MSRP of $45,000. There's a 95-kWh battery pack option, however pricing has not been disclosed at this time.
BYTON took another big step to legitimacy today as they celebrated the grand opening of the first BYTON Place retail store in Shanghai, China.
China has 500 EV start-ups. The country can make 20 million EVs a year but will sell fewer than 2 million. Beijing is responding by curtailing new EV companies.
What will the Byton M-Byte electric SUV interior look like in production-ready format? We get a firsthand, up-close look, along with details from a Byton VP.
Here we demonstrate that BYTON's electric SUV screen doesn't physically present a line-of-sight issue, as some claimed it would.
The base M-Byte will cost $45,000 and come standard with a 71 kWh battery. An optional 95 kWh battery will also be available.
See inside the production-intent version of the BYTON M-Byte electric SUV for the first time ever right here.
Fresh off the opening of their new global headquarters in Nanjing, China, today in Shaghai BYTON hosted the world premier of their new Concept Sedan dubbed the K-Byte. The K-Byte will come with the same $45,000 price tag as the previously announced SUV. BYTON has this to say about their latest introduction: "Unlike the BYTON Concept One, this show car is not a pre-production concept; instead it...