A GAC Group electric car model, the Aion Y, is displayed at an automobile expo in Shanghai in April. [Photo/Xinhua] GAC Group, a leading automaker based in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, has set a target in sales increase of 15 percent year-on-year in 2022, according to a senior company executive. “The target is based… Continue reading GAC sets sales increase target for 2022
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China’s NEVs to grab 65% share of global market
Visitors look at new energy vehicle in a store in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, on April 5, 2022. [Photo/IC] China’s production and sale of new energy vehicles are expected to double and take 65 percent of the global market in the first quarter of this year, People’s Daily reported on Thursday. China’s new energy… Continue reading China’s NEVs to grab 65% share of global market
Dongfeng Honda recalls vehicles over hatch defect
A parking area for new cars for the Sino-Japanese joint venture Dongfeng Honda in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province is viewed from above on Sept 16, 2021. [Provided to China Daily] BEIJING – Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co Ltd, a joint venture between China’s Dongfeng Motor Corp and Japan’s Honda Motor Co, has issued recalls for… Continue reading Dongfeng Honda recalls vehicles over hatch defect
China pledges stronger support for foreign auto firms: official
Employees make auto parts at a foreign-funded company in Anshan, Liaoning province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China will tend to the needs of foreign firms in the auto industry and help tackle their difficulties in a timely manner, according to Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen. Wang made the remarks while chairing a Thursday symposium attended by… Continue reading China pledges stronger support for foreign auto firms: official
Beijing strengthens policy support for road testing of autonomous buses
A self-driving bus is seen running on a road of Changyang Campus in Yangpu district, East China’s Shanghai, June 21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — Beijing unveiled regulations for trial implementation on Thursday to provide policy support for the upcoming road tests of autonomous buses, local authorities said. Beijing will allow road tests of its first… Continue reading Beijing strengthens policy support for road testing of autonomous buses
Geely starts methanol vehicle trial in Europe
Chinese automotive group Geely has started a trial of two sedans and a heavy truck using green methanol e-fuel in Denmark on March 28. Trine Bramsen, Danish Minister for Transport, fills up one of Geely’s sedans with methanol, and took part in a test drive on the long-range methanol truck. Green methanol cars will have… Continue reading Geely starts methanol vehicle trial in Europe
Nio to deliver three new EVs in 2022
Visitors gather at Nio’s booth during an auto expo in Shanghai. [Photo by Gao Yuwen/For China Daily] Chinese electric vehicle startup Nio is to introduce three new EVs based on the Nio Technology Platform 2.0 this year, bringing the total number of its models to six, its founder and CEO William Li said on Thursday.… Continue reading Nio to deliver three new EVs in 2022
Geely to launch 13 models in 2022
A Geely smart assembly line in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by TAN YUNFENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] Geely Auto Group said on Wednesday that it is planning to launch 13 models this year, most of which will be hybrids and electric vehicles. These new vehicles will help Geely, China’s largest private carmaker, to achieve its sales goal… Continue reading Geely to launch 13 models in 2022
Envision’s battery arm to supply batteries for Mercedes EVs
Envision AESC, the battery-producing arm of Chinese wind turbine maker Envision Group, has become a supplier for Mercedes-Benz’s electric vehicles to be produced in the United States. [Photo/website of Envision AESC] Envision AESC, the battery-producing arm of Chinese wind turbine maker Envision Group, has become a supplier for Mercedes-Benz’s electric vehicles to be produced in… Continue reading Envision’s battery arm to supply batteries for Mercedes EVs
Chinese automaker exports over 1,100 pickups to Mexico
A worker fastens a screw at a production line in a JAC Motors plant in Anqing, Anhui province. [Photo by Jiang Sheng/For China Daily] HEFEI — Chinese carmaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp Ltd has won orders to export 1,128 pickup trucks to Mexico. The first consignment was shipped in early March from the company’s… Continue reading Chinese automaker exports over 1,100 pickups to Mexico