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Ankai Automobile Developing Plug-in Hybrid Bus for US Market

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The state-owned Chinese vehicle maker Ankai Automobile Co. is developing a plug-in hybrid electric bus for the US market. Ankai is China’s third-largest bus company; it has partnered since 1993 with Daimler Buses, producing Setra brand buses under license for the Chinese market. Global Atlanta. Earlier post.).

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GAC and Toyota sign strategic cooperation framework agreement to deepen partnership in electrification and intelligent networking

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Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Chairman of Guangzhou Automobile Group Zeng Qinghong (left) and Toyota President Akio Toyoda (right). and Toyota Motor Corporation signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement to deepen their partnership in the fields of electrification and intelligent networking.

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Chinese language automakers to take hold of majority percentage of home gross sales for first week, forecast says

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million automobiles, convalescing to the extent of gross sales prior to COVID-19. million automobiles in 2030, when it projected greater than part of automobiles offered in China could be EVs. That will give Chinese language manufacturers 30 p.c AlixPartners forecast China’s total auto gross sales would develop 3 p.c

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How China beat everybody to be international chief in electrical automobiles

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Together with plug-in hybrids, China’s clean-car gross sales clash 5.67 Production is booming too — Chinese language manufacturers account for approximately part of all EVs offered globally, HSBC analysts stated in a up to date be aware. Automobiles from manufacturers with unfavourable rankings could also be taken off the marketplace.

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Ford introducing new midsize SUV in China; Territory will offer 48V mild hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants

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Territory customers can choose between a fuel-efficient gasoline engine option; 48V mild hybrid with Miller-Cycle technology; and a plug-in hybrid powertrain when it goes on sale in early 2019. The number of registered passenger vehicles in Chinese cities with no license plate restrictions is expected to soar to about 23.7

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Production and sales of plug-ins boomed in China in 2014

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The production and sales of plug-in vehicles in China boomed last year, according to statistics from CAAM (China Association of Automobile Manufacturers). Among the total, 48,605 units were battery electric vehicles (BEV) (62%) and 29,894 units were plug-in hybrids (PHEV) (38%)—2.4 Total production reached 78,499 units, 3.5

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CMU, Ford, Drexel study suggests Chinese more receptive to adopting BEVs than Americans, regardless of subsidies

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Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. The study is published in the journal Transportation Research Part A.

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