Daily One – Kerchner tries to seduce an electric car manufacturer

With more than 20 factories and 220,000 employees, Build Your Dreams (BYD) is one of the largest technology companies in China. The official delegation arrived at the headquarters, headed by the Minister of the Economy, Infrastructure and Energy of the province, Martín Kerchner, where they were received by several of the most important leaders of society .

The visit, which aims to encourage the eastern society to set up a subsidiary in Mendoza, visited industrial buildings and production lines for cars, electric microphones and rechargeable batteries.

"We want to deepen this kind of relationship that can reach a company of this size in Mendoza to make the most of technology and battery development," said Kerchner.

Although the company is starting to install a collective manufacturing facility, Kerchner said it would not be an impediment to the province coming in search of it. "Batteries have the main input lithium, whose mines are located in the northwest of the country.Therefore, the establishment of a nearby industry allows a significant reduction in the logistics cost of production and of the eventual export of the product, "said the minister. Entrepreneurs and journalists from Mendoza.

The delegation, made up of Emilio Guiñazú, Undersecretary of Energy, and Mario Lázzaro, Director of ProMendoza, was received by the director of the cabinet, Isaac Attie, by Audrey Li, who is responsible for the United States. United. Latina and the company's sales director, Jonathan Ríos

"The potential arrival of BYD is also aligned with our strategy of connecting local companies and foreign investors related to renewable energy, and we hope to move forward and to finalize these common points that we find between Mendoza and the society ", maintained Guiñazú.

ByD is the third consecutive year the world leader in vehicle sales. with more than 113,000 units.

was born in 1995 as a small business providing batteries for cell phone-related businesses. In 2003, he acquired a car manufacturing plant and began developing prototypes. In 2005, he made his first car developed for the market.