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Report: China’s Chery Considers U.S. Market Yet Again

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Chinese state-owned automaker Chery is reportedly still looking to the United States as a possible point of expansion. Chery had plans to break into our market back in 2005 and supposedly had things lined up to import a limited supply of its Exeed crossover in 2020 before the world went haywire. Today is not like before.

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AFP: China's BYD eyes alternative energy vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Volt, when it launched F3DM, a plug-in hybrid, in China late last year. General Motors Asia Pacific president Nick Reilly, however, expressed reservations about the current level of technology being offered by BYD and other Chinese car makers, such as Chery. "I BYD Auto beat other products, such as General Motors?

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

and Chery Automobile Co. and Chery Automobile Co. The battery-powered cars that Chinese companies are showing are intended to be much less expensive than those planned by big foreign companies. Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, which is expected to sell for $40,000 when it goes on sales in the U.S. Great Wall Motor Co.,

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Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plug-ins are slated to hit the Chinese market in earnest over the next few years. BYD’s plug-in hybrid F3DM went on sale (for fleet operators) late last year, and it’s supposed to launch its first all-electric model — the E6 — in the second half of 2009. and EU buyers.

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Report: BYD Plotting New EV Factory in Mexico

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It likewise produces plug-in hybrids, with the extremely affordable Qin Plus sedan being its most-popular product. That particular model starts at the Chinese equivalent of $14,000 on the domestic market. But EVs and plug-in hybrids are growing in every market worldwide, Zou said, calling worries unfounded. Overall, 1.36

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