Chinese BYD may open factory in Poland

Chinese electric bus manufacturer BYD implies it may launch its production plant in Poland, "We see great potential in Poland, that is why we are not letting go," said Leevon Tian, Europe regional manager at the firm, in an interview for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, . "The quality of human resources is very high here, the cost are rational on the European scale and logistics very developed. Poland is appreciated as a bus producer," Tian pointed out. He also said that the company is going to participate in the next tenders. Tian did not say if BYD is considering constructing a factory or acquiring one. "This is a marketing strategy," said an anonymous producer present in the Polish market. BYD has four production plants, with only one based outside China, in California. The city of Warsaw recently leased a few electric buses from BYD to test run them along one of its bus lines.