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HenryTo
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 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:12 am Post subject: China's First Electric Car |
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Nothing like some good ol' competition (or the threat of it):
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122928340145004821.html?mod=
| Quote: | Chinese auto maker plans to unveil the country's first homegrown electric vehicle for the mass market, at least a year ahead of similar efforts around the world.
On Monday, BYD Co. plans to show reporters in Shenzhen the new F3DM, which runs off batteries that can be charged from a regular electrical outlet. BYD began marketing the F3DM this month to cab operators and other potential fleet customers, and plans to have it in showrooms by the end of this month, said Henry Li, a senior company executive. BYD plans to sell the car in the U.S. market as early as the second half of 2010.
China's government intends to support the electric vehicle push through research-and-development subsidies for auto makers and tax breaks and other incentives for consumers, as well as with plans to build battery-charge stations and other public infrastructure. The government hasn't said how much it will spend.
Though essentially an electric car, the F3DM also has a small gasoline engine that is used to generate electricity if the battery runs dry. Some people question whether the leap to electric cars makes sense in China, in part because most of China's electricity comes from "dirty" coal-burning power plants. |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: The cover art |
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The cover art.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/30195775
What's the story behind the story? China doesn't know how to make conventional cars very well.
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rffrydr
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Looks like they learned something from their crappy rendition of the Volkwagen hydrogen Passat referenced below. It's not so hard when you don't have have 16mo of DOT testing on the battery cycle charging--otherwise the volt was ready a year ago.
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