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GM Shanghai GM Sign $600M Agreement to Export Vehicles, Machinery and Equipment from US to China

Green Car Congress

In the presence of Chinese National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, representatives from GM and Shanghai GM formalized an agreement for the purchase of complete vehicles, vehicle kits, machinery and equipment by the GM joint venture from its parent company.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). Sina is an online media company serving China and the global Chinese communities.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

JA are a Chinese company that has grown at a huge rate and now one of the largest producers of panels. Inverter: This is the most important bit of kit. At the time of purchase we did not understand fully how import this is. Lux is another Chinese firm growing like crazy as the world moves to solar. . Tons of CO2. .

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

The Asian electronics industry takes off In 1995, Tan resigned from Sanyo and purchased Trek, a small, family-run electronics component trading firm in his old neighborhood of Geylang, for just shy of US $1 million. In addition to claims by M-Systems and IBM, perhaps the most complicated rivalry came from the Chinese company Netac Technology.

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2024 Abarth 500e review: This might be Australia’s stupidest electric car — and I bloody love it

EV Central

Ok, fair warning: if you’re someone who approaches a new-car purchase with oodles of common sense, rationality and a keen eye for value for money, then this particular page of the internet might not be for you. Chinese brands are now sub-$40k drive-away , and the mega-popular Tesla Model Y , which is a lot more car, is currently only $63,900.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Avatar E11 – a new brand with big dreams, Avatar has input from Huawei and CATL and is the product of Chinese car maker Changan. BYD – Chinese car maker (the name means Build Your Dreams) has huge plans for Australia, including a range of SUVs and a sports sedan. It’ll be on sale in 2025, possibly as the A9 e-Tron.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Our customers purchase their vehicles on spreadsheets, Waters explained. We .  will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The 100 m.p.g.

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