All the latest on ‘Green’ cars in the PRC from both international manufacturers and domestic companies.
The goal for Western automakers over the past two years has to been to introduce their EV tech into the Chinese market with their local partners, there seems to be a slight standoff on how much technology the foreign partner has to hand over in order to see domestic production but eventually production will have to begin.
American company GreenTech…
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According to Forbes contributor, Kenneth Rapoza, Chinese consumers aren’t looking to EV’s or hybrids due to a lack of government subsidies:
The Chinese government is trying to protect its…
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Tesla’s cars have become the byline for luxury electric cars, performance mixed with luxury but now a Chinese car company is planning to make its own ‘Tesla’
GM, like every other manufacturer in China, is serious about the ‘New Energy Market’ and are planning to launch the pure electric Sail in the Chinese market very soon. The Sail was a car designed solely in China for the Chinese market, but it has been exported to other developing markets such as Chile. The Sail EV has appeared as a concept car previously,…
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China has the Prius, it…
Wards Auto had the pleasure of sitting down with FAW’s President Mr. Li Jun and finding out some interesting info regarding FAW’s plans to make a low cost rival to the Chevrolet Volt. Li Jun claims the car will good for just one liter of fuel per 100km, which if true will be a wonder vehicle for Chinese drivers, add in its potentially low cost and it…
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This is the question that everyone is asking this week. The answer is quite simple:
No.
If Saab’s future is electric, it’s likely best that it doesn’t come to China. Imported hybrid and EV vehicles do not gain the subsidies or preferential treatment at the consumer level that locally made vehicles receive. Furthermore, the market…
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The Roewe E1 along with a plugin hybrid Roewe 550 are expected to air at the Beijing Auto Show next week, in the meantime we have a good look at the E1 as it undergoes road testing. The E1 is being likened to an electric Smart by the Chinese press, of course the E1 is a little bit bigger than the Smart as it has double the seat space.
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BYD revealed the “Qin” concept, which will become the company’s 2nd generation plug-in hybrid. Their first plug-in hybrid, the F3DM was introduced in 2008 but didn’t have strong sales, like most green vehicles in China.
China Car Times previously…
When the news broke about…
‘New Energy’ is the current buzz word amongst Chinese politicians and economists, China is looking to avoid the oil trap that many Western nations, particulary the USA found itself in due to the development of automobile use and a lack of support for public transport. China thankfully has strong public transport infrastructure with all tier one cities…
Read More →Shanghai Auto have unveiled the Roewe E50 electric car before, specifically it was on show at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2011 and then again at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November 2011 but this is the first time that we’ve seen clear shots of a road going (well, perhaps not). It seems the E50 hasn’t changed much from its concept car days in terms…
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We may…
This report, via UPI.com, states that electric cars are worse for the environment in China than traditional gasoline cars owing to the way that China generates its electricity. The question remains, how many pure…
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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 up ownership of an EV or even a hybrid…
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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 originally more than happy to produce its own SUV’s and trucks…
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Guangzhou’s Huadu District Government took the…
Whilst American Senators worry about American tech in China, the Japanese seem to be eager to enter a potentially…
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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 the other hand, realized that the average Chinese…
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Hybrids…
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 unreliable…
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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 the…
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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…
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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…
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The all-electric car buyers in Beijing…
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 120,000 yuan, the homegrown all-electric…
Read More →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…
Read More →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…
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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 turn Beijing into a paradise…
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From Hybrid Miles:
Chinese automaker BYD Auto initiated a fleet-scale test of plug-in vehicles in April 2010. This testing process included 50 BYD e6 taxis in Shenzhen as well as a handful of F3DMs used by the Housing Authority of Los Angeles. Representatives from BYD Auto announced initial test results from these plug-in fleets a year…
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FAW are gearing up for the…
The price gas in China is practically on par with a liter of locally made wine, Chinese drivers are looking to various widgets to install in their cars to lower gas prices or even moving to lower grade gasoline if they can find it in the city limits. Hybrids are something that never took off in a big way in China, but with local governments offering…
Read More →Earlier this year China announced a 3000rmb subsidy for buyers of energy efficient cars that included both domestic and international brands produced in China. Another series of energy efficient cars have been added to the list, and buyers will be able to claim their subsidy at purchase time:
Hyundai: Accent, i30, Elantra Yue Dong, Elantra,…
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The Ministry of Science and Technology recently announced its plans to offer up to 120,000rmb in subsidies to private buyers of new energy vehicles in Beijing city, which is being used as a test bed for the project before it will be rolled out nationwide
Beijing City Govt are planning on giving subsidies of 3000rmb per kilowatt, which will give plug…
Read More →If you believe the estimates, then China is expected to sell around 25 million cars per year by the year 2015 but the government is pushing for at least 1 million of them to be new energy vehicles, we at CCT are no mathematicians but 1 million out of 25 million appears to be a very small percentage of vehicles, but it is a start. China’s reliance on…
Read More →VW has officially comitted itself to producing EV’s in China by 2014 according to the below media report, VW has been working closely with its partners FAW and SAIC, to develop a series of small pure electric vehicles. The results of this joint R&D session has been the pure electric VW Lavida from SAIC and also the pure electric VW Bora from FAW,…
Read More →Reports FavStocks:
Only the government can spur hybrid interest in China
I’ve been monitoring the hybrid and plug-in story in China for some time, and the most interesting thing about the Chinese hybrid…
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From AFP:
China’s booming car sales have had a devastating effect on the environment, the national environmental watchdog has warned in its first-ever report on pollution caused by vehicle emissions.
About a third of 113 cities surveyed failed national air standards last year as the number of vehicles swelled to 170 million, up 9.3…
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An excellent review of the current and future situation by plugincars.com:
The specter of Chinese electric cars taking over the world has been raised for the past couple of years. In April 2009, I outlined a couple of reasons why that might not…
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The Chinese central government plans of getting 5 million pure electric cars on the road by 2020 seem far fetched when the subject is first talked of, but getting 5 million electric cars on the road in the next ten years is not an entirely difficult project at all.
In China’s latest 5 year plan, that will range from 2011 to 2015, the central government…
Read More →The Chinese automotive media, and also the foreign media, have been impressed by China’s generous subsidies of upto 60,000rmb for pure electric car buyers, which really is a great first step to encouraging consumers to take up electric car ownership, but one major stumbling block remains: You cannot buy a pure electric car yet.
In recent years, Chinese…
Read More →According to the new energy office and policy maker Mr. Liu Jian Hua, Shanghai city is developing its own plans to promote green cars in the city in a bid to clear up the cities automotive smog. Should a Shanghai resident buy a plugin hybrid, they will be able to receive a 20,000 subsidy, and it is expected that buyers of pure electric vehicles will…
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It was seen here before, but now it’s officially official: BYD and Daimler signed a joint-venture agreement to develop electric car(s) for the Chinese market.
The China Daily is reporting that the at least 15% of the auto market will be made up of hybrid and electric auto sales by 2020, whilst 7 to 12% of global sales will be electric vehicles. So is China expected to jump over other markets when it comes to electric car development? The answer is likely to be a large yes, at this years Beijing Auto Show…
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