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Honda CRZ for China
The CRZ’s main goal was to be a fun, compact, sporty hybrid, when the car officially launched in the USA it seemed that the media did not take to it straight away but the model has proven to be a success – sales in Japan reached over 10,000 units in the first month, US sales [...]
Over 8000 New Energy Cars Sold in 2011
The Chinese market is often seen as the potential back yard of any major push for EV and other new energy vehicle sales, however until recently the market has been unbelievably small with very low adoption rates. Initial owner cost has been one the more obvious reasons for Chinese consumers to shy away from taking [...]
BAIC’s Electric MPV Sighted Ahead of Production
Beijing Auto Industry Works (BAIC) has an uphill battle on its hands, the state owned car company is relatively late in getting its own brand of vehicles to the market when compared to its rivals at FAW and SAIC, both of whom have been running their own brands for a number of years. BAIC was [...]
Beijing Gas Stations adding electric charging facilities
The Beijing Municipal Government put the brakes on the local car market in 2011 by only allowing 20,000 cars to be added to the roads each month, effectively they killed the local car market but where one animal dies another takes its place, at the same time Beijing Govt also announced that hybrid vehicles and [...]
15 Nissan Leaf’s delivered to Guangzhou Government
Guangzhou’s Huadu District Government took the keys to 15 new Nissan Leaf cars earlier today, the Leaf is expected to launch in China in the first half of 2012 as an imported model, but by first giving cars to fleet users in China, Nissan will be able to have a greater understanding of the needs [...]
Honda to make electric cars in China
Whilst American Senators worry about American tech in China, the Japanese seem to be eager to enter a potentially hot market. Although there may be strong competition from local competitors such as SAIC and BYD, Honda are keen to introduce the Honda Fit EV as a locally made vehicle in 2012, and being locally made [...]
BYD E6 gets make over – becomes more handsome
In the face of ever increasing oil prices some companies stepped up and produced EV’s, GM produced the Volt, Nissan made the Leaf, Honda tried another route with a hybrid sports car that the everyday man could afford, Tesla threw caution to the wind and made a super car for super salary owners. BYD on [...]
GM launches Buick eAssist Lacrosse in China
Hybrids have never been a big seller in the Chinese market, the Toyota Prius has become the hallmark of hybrid cars all around the world, but in the Chinese market it failed to make a dent in any meaningful way, perhaps due to its high price or due to its unconventional styling, Chinese consumers didn’t [...]
BYD to sell buses to Taiwan
From Reuters: Chinese auto and battery maker BYD Co Ltd , backed by Warren Buffett, said on Thursday that it will start shipments of electric buses to Taiwan by the end of 2011 and the next step could be setting up a production plant there. “We are selling electric buses to Taiwan, and building a [...]
Survey shows marketization of new energy vehicles is far lower than expectation
Despite a the large subsidies available to electric car buyers, the marketization of new energy vehicles is still far lower than expectated. By June 30, only 10 all-electric vehicles had been sold in Shanghai this year, and the number for Hangzhou was only 25. It seems the problems like high prices despite subsidies, inconvenience, and [...]
Issues beneath China’s seemingly-blossoming electric vehicle industry
China will release the final version of the Energy-efficient and New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Planning soon. On the surface it seems that the industry is blossoming with many car companies offering pure EV’s and the industry supply chain ramping up to support them. However, a Chinese media outlet recently made an in-depth survey into [...]
China to introduce Chinese IV emission vehicles this month with new policy
Gasoline powered passenger vehicles under Chinese III emission standard will be phased out of China’s auto market soon according to new policies that will come into affect on July 1st. China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced recently that gasoline cars, dual-fuel (LPG/Gasoline mix) cars and pure LPG vehicles made, imported or sold after July 1 [...]
China’s MIIT Putting Together Proposal for China’s New Energy Car Industry
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced on its official website on June 22 that it has basically completed the drafting of the development planning for energy-efficient and new energy vehicle industry (2011-2020). It will make in-depth research into the concerned automakers, key parts suppliers, and institutes in the country, so as to [...]
Driven by stimulus policies, Pangda bids to become dealer of Zotye’s EV range
The all-electric car buyers in Beijing will get a total subsidy of 120,000 yuan in the second half of this year. The buyers won’t need to join the license plate lottery drawing. Besides, the latest news says that the government will exempt the travel taxes for all-electric vehicles, fuel-cell vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles to [...]
BYD to roll out EV models across China
The sales region of BYD’s new energy vehicles will expand from Shenzhen to the pilot cities like Shanghai, Changchun, Hangzhou and Hefei from the second half of this year. In the past year, BYD sold more than 400 F3DM cars and no more than 100 E6 all-electric taxis in Shenzhen. Despite subsidies as high as [...]
Driven by new energy vehicle strategy, China’s Li-ion battery industry may see explosive growth
China’s Li-ion battery industry may see explosive growth in the next three to five years due to the factors like new energy vehicle strategy, environmental problems of lead-acid batteries, and the transfer of Japan’s Li-ion battery industry to China after March 11 earthquake. The Li-ion battery manufacturers intending to attend the 3rd China (Shanghai) International [...]
Beijing’s new energy car policy has been given the go-ahead
Chinese media are reporting that the 12th five-year development planning for Beijing’s auto industry, put forward by Beijing Automotive Industry Association, was approved by the Beijing Economic and Information Technology Commission in April this year. According to the plan, the number of all-electric vehicles in Beijing is expected to reach 100,000 units by 2015, and [...]
BAIC’s C60 all electric Saab based sedan spotted out testing
Beijing Auto Industry Corporation (BAIC) are eager to get their electric sedan into the market, they have come late to the part with their self developed cars and their own home market has been put on lock down with only 20,000 new car sales happening each month. However, the Beijing municipal government are planning to [...]
Hafei to make its mini vans mild hybrids
Which company would you say is the biggest hybrid producer in China? The smart money would be on BYD, but it seems that Hafei is about to become the biggest hybrid maker in a few weeks time. By using mild hybrid technology, which is essentially a larger than normal alternator and larger battery, together the [...]
More information on the Kai Li from VW
The Kai Li brand is VW’s latest brand for the Chinese market, it is expected to be a pure electric brand but others say that its first model is likely to be electric but the rest of the models could be regular gasoline models but attached to a low cost brand. The first model from [...]
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