BYD Motors Inc. has named transportation expert Eva Lerner-Lam as director of eastern U.S. business. Lerner-Lam, who has spent her 40-year career developing transportation technologies in both the public and private sectors in the United States and China, will build up the operations of the New York-based office and drive regional sales of BYD's entire lineup of electric vehicles, including but not limited to electric buses and coaches, long-range electric taxis, eTrucks and battery-electric forklifts. Together with Assistant General Manager Carlos Antunes, who has over 30 years of experience in the transportation industry, Lerner-Lam will continue BYD's international efforts to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure, open regional facilities and plants to create jobs, and deliver not only green vehicles but other green-tech products like energy storage stations.