When comparing the number of dollars invested so far the USA is behind Germany and China in the area of electric vehicles and infrastructure. The disparity in the level of commitment becomes even more pronounced after tallying the amount invested as a percentage of individual country's annual gross domestic product (GDP) . The USA has a GDP 2.5 times higher than China and 4.3 times that ...
- Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 22:10
- China EV News, EV Industry Updates
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Even with cutting back the number of electric drive taxis taking part in a pilot EV taxi project in Beijing, China is still way ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to deploying Electric Vehicles.
The city of Beijing currently has the world's largest number of operating electric vehicles. ...
- Saturday, July 30, 2011, 15:57
- China EV News, EV Industry Updates
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Many are worried that China is not playing fair and they are using their fast-growing market as leverage to force foreign companies to give up years of EV battery research and electric car development technology.
Why would China's government not want to do that? If international companies want to chase profits so badly that they need to sell their products in your country, and you know ...
- Saturday, July 30, 2011, 3:10
- China EV News, EV Industry Updates
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The Chinese government has recently issued new rules that would allow foreigners to own only a minority stake in Chinese manufacturers of critical electric car components.
A variety of Chinese electric car brands been spotted on the streets in China for quite awhile now, in addition to larger varieties of EVs such ...
EDay Life Limited (EDay) is an Australian based company that will be importing relatively low priced Chinese made EVs and other low emission vehicles. The vehicles will include a battery electric car that can be recharged at home or office, an LPG powered car and even a few fuel efficient vehicles powered ...
- Thursday, January 6, 2011, 14:35
- Buses, BYD, China EV News, EV Commercial Vehicles
- 1,817 views
“It's BYD’s dream to help solve the World’s pollution problems and achieve the goal of reduced oil dependence" says Chairman Wang. BYD's K9 EV Bus certainly is
The official theme for the Beijing Auto Expo was "For a Greener Tomorrow", with a clear focus on clean & green energy vehicles.