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To have sophisticated research on high-tech products, technologies, industries, and markets, BYD established several research organizations - the Central Research Institute, Auto Engineering Research Institute and Electric Power Research Institute. With abundant experience and data on developing new products, BYD's R&D team is proficient in product design and project management for hardware, software, and testing. Furthermore, BYD establishes a quality standard for systematic design and development process. It gradually builds the technology development platform to perfection, combining international trend with its own characteristics. Among all the employees, 10% are technical personnel.
In addition, BYD establishes relevant research departments, mighty R & D teams and specialized labs in each product department to analyze customer demand characteristics in diversified fields and develops suitable products and service for diversified fields in technological perspective.
One of Independent Innovation: Solar Energy Stations
Adopting innovative technologies and processes, BYD has drastically reduced the cost of applying solar energy, endowed solar electricity a cost equal to that of coal electricity, solved the problems of manufacturing and supplying silicon which had severely impeded the development of solar energy industry, accelerated the process of applying solar energy, and posed great and profound significance to the healthy development of the New Energy Business Unit.
Another Independent Innovation: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles have broad developmental foreground in the fields of urban public traffic and individual traffic. On December 15, 2008, BYD F3DM, world's first dual mode electric car independent of specialized charging stations, hit the market in Shenzhen. In 2009, with the launch of an all-electric vehicle, BYD is realizing the dream of the world auto industry 20 years ahead of time.
