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Chinese startup NextEV is the latest company attempting to replicate the success of Tesla with a long-range electric car. NextEV launched its Nio brand last year in dramatic fashion with the EP9—a 1,360-horsepower electric supercar. At the time, the company noted it was developing a model that would be at least a bit more relevant to the average consumer than that low-volume exotic. DON'T MISS: Nio electric SUV, from Chinese NextEV, to have 'Toyota cost' and 'Tesla range' (Dec 2016) That model is heralded by the Nio Eve concept, which was unveiled Friday not at any auto show but at the...
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China to replace 70,000 gasoline cabs with electric cars
China's latest effort to promote electric cars focuses on taxis in its capital city of Beijing. The country that is now the world's largest new-car market already offers generous purchase incentives for electric cars bought by individuals. Now the city also plans to replace its entire fleet of...
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Electric-car winds in China shift again: goals to be cut after sales fall?
Eight weeks ago, China seemed to be preparing to loosen its famously strict car-manufacturing rules for foreign makers. The government leaders who direct economic policy had seemingly concluded that Chinese makers could not succeed in selling cars in Europe and North America. So the country...
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China's BYD built more plug-in cars than any other maker last year
Time for a quick quiz: which carmaker sold more plug-in electric vehicles last year—both battery electrics and plug-in hybrids—than any other? If you're a reader in North America or Europe who managed to miss our headline, odds are you may answer "Tesla" or "Nissan," based on media...
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Bowing to inevitable, Faraday Future scales back plant plans
During a press conference at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, Faraday Future announced plans to build its first electric car within two years. Later in 2016, it selected a site for what it claimed would be a $1 billion electric-car factory to be built in North Las Vegas, Nevada. But work at the...
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China happy to become world's climate-change leader if U.S. lags
Under the administration of President Barack Obama, the U.S. joined the rest of the world and took a leading role in global efforts to avert irreversible climate change. But that seems unlikely to continue under the Trump administration, which has nominated climate-science deniers to numerous key...
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Since it bought the assets of bankrupt automaker Saab in 2012, Chinese-backed consortium National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has been working toward mass production of electric cars. But despite ambitious plans for a multi-model lineup of electric cars, the company has made relatively little apparent progress toward that goal. While it is still unclear if it has a car to produce, NEVS is now at least following through with its previously discussed plans to open a factory in China. CHECK OUT: First Electric Saab 9-3 Models Built, Will Go To China Test Fleet (Apr 2014) It was recently...
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China axes 103 coal-fired power plants, citing smog, overcapacity
During negotiations for the Paris Climate Treaty signed last fall, a major concern among critics was whether the carbon emissions of China's sprawling and inefficient energy sector could be reined in. With China, the U.S., and dozens of other countries signing the agreement, the world's most...
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GreenTech Auto shutters its doors, closes Mississippi factory
The harsh reality of high costs and the inexorable heft of the auto industry have claimed another electric-car startup. GreenTech Automotive opened a plant in Mississippi in 2014, first saying it would manufacture a small, two-seat electric vehicle called the MyCar there. It later struck a deal...
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VW Group plans 8 plug-in electric cars for China
As it works to recover from its diesel emission scandal, the Volkswagen Group is rapidly embracing electric cars. By 2025, the company hopes to be selling 1 million electric cars per year, and plans to launch 30 different electric models across multiple brands in the coming years. According to a...
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China to loosen electric-car rules for foreign makers, because they didn't work
It has long been official Chinese government industrial policy to dominate the world's production of lithium-ion battery cells and to establish a commanding electric-car industry. This would not only position the country in crucial industries of the future but give it a way to start attacking the...
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China's GAC shows electric car, plug-in hybrid concept, crossover at Detroit Auto Show
China is now the world's largest new-car market, but no native Chinese manufacturers sell passenger cars in the U.S. At least one of those manufacturers is at least considering having a go at the U.S. market. GAC appeared this week at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show with three vehicles, including an...
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Despite a recent downturn, the Chinese government is moving full-speed ahead to invest heavily in renewable energy. The country's national regulators have already promoted renewable energy as a possible cure for the country's notoriously-bad air pollution. But China has placed more emphasis on renewable power in its latest five-year economic plan. DON'T MISS: Coal in China: huge problem for clean power, climate efforts (Nov 2016) One of the provisions of that plan calls for spending $360 billion on renewable energy by 2020, according to The New York Times. China's National Energy...
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Update: Chinese elevated bus now abandoned, blocking road traffic
The Chinese press express skepticism over the Transit Elevated Bus.
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Karma gets approval to build electric cars in China
Karma parent Wanxiang received approval from Chinese authorities for an electric-car factory.
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China to crack down on green-car subsidy cheating: report
China plans to tighten regulations related to its electric-car subsidies.
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2016 BYD e6 electric taxi gets range increase to 187 miles: Forbidden Fruit
How would you like an all-electric wagon with five seats, a rear liftgate, and 187 miles of EPA-rated range? Sounds pretty good, right? You'd think such a vehicle might sell well, since it would have more rated range than any other electric cars on the market except the Chevy Bolt EV and anything...
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Nio electric SUV, from Chinese NextEV, to have 'Toyota cost' and 'Tesla range'
NextEV's Nio brand will offer an electric SUV aimed at the Tesla Model X.
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The Chevrolet Volt may be sold in China as the Buick Velite.
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Faraday Future halts factory work, hopes to resume early 2017 (update)
Work on Faraday Future's Nevada factory has stopped.
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BYD partners with U.S. firm to launch all-electric garbage truck
BYD and Wayne Engineering will sell an all-electric garbage truck.
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How China's horrific air quality magically turns cleaner: cotton
Staff at a Chinese air-monitoring station stuffed cotton into equipment to produce false readings.
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Faraday Future backer LeEco is running out of cash, CEO admits
Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting says his LeEco tech company has overextended itself.
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Coal in China: huge problem for clean power, climate efforts
Chinese coal demand will continue to rise despite efforts to promote renewable energy, a new report says.
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