Macy Neshati Joins BYD as Vice President of Coach & Bus Sales

Macy Neshati Joins BYD as Vice President of Coach & Bus Sales

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Macy Neshati Joins BYD as Vice President of Coach & Bus Sales

BYD
December 12, 2014

Tuesday December 9th, 2014 -- BYD Motors Inc. announced today that industry veteran Macy Neshati has joined the company as Vice President of Bus Sales. Neshati is charged with building a sales team for BYD’s North American-built Electric Buses and Coaches. Prior to joining BYD, Neshati spent the previous 17 years as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Complete Coach Works, helping CCW to become a dominant bus remanufacturer in North America.

Macy has been involved in the heavy equipment and transit industry for 35 years when he joined the Northern California Distributor for Detroit Diesel and Allison in 1979. After working within the Detroit Diesel and Allison distributor network for nearly fifteen years in various roles including service and parts manager, materials manager and eventually sales manager, Neshati joined Complete Coach Works as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and led the company to a sales growth of over 700% during his tenure. Neshati is a graduate of Berkeley High School and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management from St. Mary’s College in Orinda Ca.

About BYD

BYD Company Ltd. is one of China’s largest companies and has successfully expanded globally. Specializing in battery technologies, their green mission to “solve the whole problem” has made them industry pioneers and leaders in several High-tech sectors including High-efficiency Automobiles, Electrified Public Transportation, Environmentally-Friendly Energy Storage, Affordable Solar Power and Information Technology and Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) services.

As the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, their mission to create safer and more environmentally friendly battery technologies has led to the development of the BYD Iron Phosphate (or "Fe") Battery. This fire-safe, completely recyclable and incredibly long-cycle technology has become the core of their clean energy platform that has expanded into automobiles, buses, trucks, utility vehicles and energy storage facilities. BYD and all of their shareholders, including the great American Investor Warren Buffett, see these environmentally and economically forward products as the way of the future.

BYD has made a strong entrance to the North, Central and South American markets with their battery electric buses, and lineup of automobiles. Their mission lies not just in sales growth, but also in sociological integration and local job creation as they have poured incredible investments into developing offices, dealerships and manufacturing facilities in the local communities they now call home, truly a first for Chinese companies. For more information, please visit www.byd.com