China
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China is the second-largest source of Model 3 reservations.
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BMW loses electric-car staff to Chinese startup, says it's unaffected
Chinese startup Future Mobility Corp. just hired a group of employees from BMW.
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Another aspiring Chinese Tesla: NextEV and its founder William Li
NextEV is one of the companies vying to become the next Tesla.
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China accelerates tougher vehicle emission standards, starting sooner
China will implement tougher emissions standards sooner.
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Faraday Future's backer shows another electric luxury sedan
Chinese electronics giant LeEco will unveil an electric-car concept at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show.
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China to issue special green plates for electric cars to enforce preferential treatment
China will issue special green license plates to "new energy vehicles."
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U.S. electric-car sales decreased slightly last year, but they increased in China, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
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BYD launches two new all-electric sedans for Chinese market
Chinese carmaker BYD will launch two new electric cars.
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BYD electric-car sales may triple this year, Chinese maker says
China's BYD eked out a global victory in electric-car sales last year, selling more plug-in cars than BMW, General Motors, Nissan, Renault, or Tesla. The company delivered nearly 62,000 battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles last year, almost entirely in China. Now, the company projects that...
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Very cheap, low-range electric cars key for China, India: Nissan CEO Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn, who runs automakers Nissan and Renault, is one of the few auto executives who'll regularly take questions from a roomful of more than 100 journalists. At last week's New York Auto Show, many of the questions concerned plans by the Renault Nissan Alliance for more and higher-volume...
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Chinese investors make 'long bets' on electric-car companies
Several U.S. electric-car companies have gotten help from Chinese investors.
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China tweaks electric-car plans to reward success, reduce fraud
China plans to shift its electric-car policies away from subsidies.
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Borgward is hardly a household name anywhere, but the recently-revived automaker hopes that its new plug-in hybrids will make it a hit in China's still-growing new car market. At this week's Geneva Motor Show, Borgward debuted a pair of crossovers christened BX5 and Projekt BX6 TS. The Geneva debuts follow in the footsteps of the Borgward BX7 sport-utility vehicle that formally revived the name at its 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show debut last fall. DON'T MISS: 2016 Borgward BX7 First Look Today's Borgward doesn't have much in common with its predecessor, which declared bankruptcy in 1961. At one...
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How California's Recycled Tires Turn Into Smog Over State
Large numbers of tires end up as fuel in Asian factories, creating more pollution.
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Turbine Range-Extended Plug-In Supercar Headed For Geneva Show
A Chinese startup plans to unveil an extended-range electric supercar in Geneva.
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Aston Martin Electric Car To Be Co-Developed With ‘The Netflix Of China’
Aston Martin, the British ultraluxury performance-car maker, has turned to an unlikely firm for help with its upcoming RapidE electric car: one of China’s top video-streaming companies. To be fair, Aston’s new partner in the project, LeEco, is a lot more than that, including smart TVs...
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Tesla Model X European Buyers Will Have To Wait For Chinese
Tesla Model X deliveries in China will apparently start before Europe.
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All Those Plug-In Hybrid Models? They're For China, More Than The U.S.
Between now and 2020, the three German luxury brands--Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz-- will collectively add more than a dozen plug-in hybrid models to their lineups. The goal is to offer a plug-in hybrid version for almost all of their most popular vehicles, most with U.S. range ratings of 15 to 25...
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Of the three vehicles using GM's newest hybrid system, we know rather less about the 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid than we do about either the Chevrolet Volt or the Chevy Malibu Hybrid. But with first media drives of the conventional CT6 now published, we know a bit more than we did before. For one thing, while the various gasoline versions of the CT6 large luxury sedan for the U.S. will be built at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, the plug-in hybrid CT6 will only be built in China. DON'T MISS: 2016 Cadillac CT6 First Drive (Motor Authority) That means that U.S. buyers of next year's...
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China To Phase Out Electric-Car Subsidies By 2021, Let 'Market Decide'
China will phase out electric-car subsidies, which could open the door for more plug-in hybrids.
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Who Sold The Most Plug-In Electric Cars In 2015? (It's Not Tesla Or Nissan)
Five years after the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt first went on sale, plug-in vehicles represent slightly less than 1 percent of U.S. new-car deliveries. With about 200,000 sold, the Leaf is the world's most popular electric car. But which carmaker sold the most cars with plugs last year, worldwide?...
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China Emission Standards: So Tough Honda Will Have All Hybrids By 2025
Honda believes it won't be able to sell conventional internal-combustion engines in China by 2025.
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NEVS Cuts Deal For Sale Of 150,000 Electric Saabs In China
Saab owner NEVS says it will provide 150,000 electric cars to a Chinese leasing firm.
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Chinese Green Group Sues VW Over Diesel-Emission Cheating Software
A Chinese environmental group is suing Volkswagen over its "defeat device" software.
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