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Johnson Controls to supply AGM batteries to Chery Jaguar Land Rover in China; introducing 48V micro hybrid system

Green Car Congress

Johnson Controls will provide its Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) advanced lead-acid battery technology to power the Chery Jaguar Land Rover Start-Stop and other vehicles made in China to serve the China market. The Micro Hybrid battery system combines a 12-volt starter battery and a 48-volt Lithium-ion battery. Micro Hybrid battery.

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Electric cars shine in Shanghai

Green Cars News

Chery Automobile also took the opportunity to debut a concept battery car - the Riichi M1. General Motors’ eagerly anticipated Chevrolet Volt also turned heads at the show - it is expected to be introduced in China by 2011. However, it wasn’t just the home-grown acts that took the spotlight at the event.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Interest in electric cars is surging: •Nearly 52,000 people were wait-listed as of mid-April for General Motors’ electric model, the Volt, due in November. In China, leading automakers BYD and Chery have announced plans to roll out their own electric models within the next two years. Total cars initially available: 4,700.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

and Chery Automobile Co. Chery showed a tiny battery car, the Riichi M1, that boasts similar technology and performance, and is likely to be priced under 100,000 yuan. Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, which is expected to sell for $40,000 when it goes on sales in the U.S. GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011.

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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? But from what we?

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Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In February, China’s Chery Automobile unveiled an electric concept car at the Detroit Auto Show. According to reports from Chinese media picked up by AutoblogGreen and GM-Volt today, BYD has sold just 80 F3DM units in four months. Some of these companies are also working on electric models for the U.S. and EU buyers.

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