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GYON adds name to long list of Chinese EV startups

China EV

GYON’s mission is to “create the next generation of electric, intelligent, connected, and socialized transportation products and services.” Most — actually all except for me — of the journalists there were Chinese, most flown over from China, it seems. The first press release was in Chinese.

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China EV maker Seres adjusts U.S. plan to fit reality

China EV

Several Chinese EV makers have recently scaled back their U.S. Like many Chinese automakers it started out with a very ambitious plan, and moved quickly. Taylor is not new to working for Chinese companies. The Chinese press really talks about the Cadillac experience a lot. market plans. is on hold for now, he says.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Chinese automaker BYD may have been founded in 2003, but it wasn’t until 2008 that it garnered mainstream attention when Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffet, bought a 10 per cent stake in its parent company. The company hopes to begin selling the Fisker Karma in mid 2010 in Europe. Fisker Automotive.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. But Fukui said he saw no significant value in researching plug-in hybrid models, which can be recharged by connecting to a power plug. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The fact that no journalists do their research to bring up all those connections is sad, sad. Posted by: GSP | Apr 14, 2009 9:07:50 AM Funny, BYD (chinese) already came out with their version of the volt this year. GM cant do it but a 15 year old chinese car company can.now thats funny! Why cant they just pull out the EV1 again?

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