Byton - 2021
Electric cars by Byton announced for 2021.
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Bloomberg reports that Foxconn is allegedly in talks with Byton to invest around $200 million in the troubled China-based EV start-up. This investment should help Byton to start the production of the Byton M-Byte in Q1 of 2022. Foxconn is mainly known as the company that assembles Apple's iPhones. In October, the company introduced its MIH open platform for EVs and even shared plans for a solid-state battery launch...
4 January 2021
Byton has unveiled its launch plans for the M-Byte in Europe. The first countries to get it will be Switzerland, Germany, Norway, France, Netherlands and Sweden. This should happen towards the end of 2021. Other launch waves will follow based on vehicle reservations. The pre-order books will be open in the second half of 2020. This will require a fully refundable down payment of 500 euro in order to hold an early...
3 March 2020
Reuters reports that the Byton M-Byte will be produced in South Korea by Myongshin an MS Autotech subsidiary. The Korean company will build more than 50,000 EVs per year for Future Mobility Corp (FMC) - Byton's parent company. The production site is a former General Motors plant which Myongshin bought for 113 billion won ($94 million) in June. South Korea has a free trade deal with Europe and the US - key target...
27 September 2019
As planned, BYTON unveiled the M-Byte - its first all-electric SUV. The model arrives with two trims. The base one is equipped with a single rear-mounted electric motor with 200 kW (272 PS) of power and a 72 kWh battery for a range of 360 km or 224 miles (WLTP). The 4WD version features a 300 kW (408 PS) motor and a 95 kWh battery for a range of 435 km or 270 miles (WLTP). The charing interface will comply with the...
10 September 2019
Byton will present the M-Byte at the IAA 2019 in Frankfurt next month. The company's press conference is scheduled for September 10th from 11:3- to 11:50 AM. The M-Byte will be on display at Byton's booth in Hall 8, Booth C13, during the IAA Frankfurt’s media and public days. "Direct contact with journalists and fans, and the unfiltered feedback that comes from those interactions, is extremely important to us. We...
26 August 2019
In celebration of the official opening of the Byton's Shanghai Design Studio today, the company unveiled photos of the interior of the production version of the M-Byte SUV. The photos unveil the wraparound dashboard, 7-inch Driver Tablet, 8-inch BYTON Central Touchpad, and physical buttons on the steering wheel, but also the main user interface (UI) design style. Byton stresses that on the M-Byte, 90% of the...
13 June 2019