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China’s BYD (Build Your Dreams) has scrapped its planned truck manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
BYD’s Ted Dowling, Vice President of BYD Canada, was quoted as saying that the plant doesn’t currently make sense for the company.
As to whether it will ever be revisited, “When the business case makes sense, we’ll do it,” Dowling noted.
In December 2017, BYD announced that they would build the assembly plant. “BYD is working on many significant orders that will bring final assembly to the province,” said a statement at that time.
No specific reason has been given for the change in plans.
BYD and Berkshire Hathaway
In 2008, Berkshire Hathaway bet on BYD’s potential, purchasing 225 million shares. It’s an investment that has paid off handsomely. Berkshire’s original investment of $230 million has grown in value almost ten-fold, and is now worth roughly $1.96 billion.
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© 2018 David Mazor
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