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Imported Audi, Porsche, and Bentley Models Held Back Over Forced Labor Allegations

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Enacted in 2021, the law is supposed to prohibit the utilization of slave labor in Western China. The actions the Chinese government has been accused of committing within the region are as horrendous as they are vast. as having participated (often via Chinese subsidiaries and suppliers) in forced labor practices. custom laws.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

Green Car Congress

Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. Methanol in China. It will also allow us to promote advanced methanol technology in Europe.

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Volkswagen Group launching major electro-mobility campaign in China; $25B on new vehicles, technologies and plants up to 2018

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group is launching a major electro-mobility campaign in China—the the biggest initiative for e-mobility in China’s automotive history, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG, on the eve of the Auto China motor show in Beijing. —Martin Winterkorn. billion (US$25.1 billion) up to 2018.

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‘World’s largest EV range test’ sees Tesla dethroned by an automaker you may not know yet

Baua Electric

The Norwegian Automobile Federation, or NAF, is the largest interest and consumer organization in the Nordic, with over 500,000 members – equivalent to roughly 25% of all vehicle owners in the country. km (-20.1%) 24.8 kWh (+10.4%) BMW i5 (eDrive40) 505 km (314 miles) 18.7 km (-12.2%) 19.7 kWh (+5.3%) BYD Dolphin 427 km (265 miles) 15.9

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Of course, all this money does not include the other untold billions being directed to the 400 plus start-ups in China, or the billions being invested by global auto suppliers like Bosch , Denso or ZF Friedrichshafen. 4 is already considered passé, at least for many potential EV customers in China.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) BYD said the F6DM (dual mode) sedan will go on sale in China in the fourth quarter for $20,000 to $30,000.The New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in

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