China
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Saab owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) says it will launch an electric car in 2017, and four more in 2018.
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Tesla, Faraday: Meet Atieva, Your Newest Electric-Car Rival
Seems like starting an electric car company making luxury vehicles is all the rage in Silicon Valley these days. Tesla Motors, of course, is now well-established, although its Southern California counterpart Fisker Automotive declared bankruptcy and is now hoping for resurrection under a new owner...
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Beijing Smog So Severe It Requires Headlights At Noon
Air in Beijing was so bad last week that drivers couldn't see.
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More Faraday Info: Chinese Billionaire Backer, Ex-Tesla Staff For Electric-Car Startup
It seems like something out of a movie: a mysterious startup company operates for a few years in total secrecy, then drops plans for a billion-dollar factory that will build electric cars. But that's the summary of the secretive Faraday Future, about which a bit more information slipped out last...
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China Alone Now Burns Half The World's Coal, New Data Reveals
Chian admits to burning more coal than it previously reported.
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Tesla Model 3 Affordable Electric Car May Be Built In China Too, Eventually: Musk
Tesla may build the Model 3 in China to meet local demand, Elon Musk says.
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The Chinese government is expected to enact more electric-car friendly measures in its next five-year plan.
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First China, Now India, Commit To Reducing Carbon Emission Rates
India announced a plan to reduce the rate of greenhouse-gas emissions ahead of Paris climate-change talks.
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Chinese Electric-Car Sales Booming, But Not Because Buyers Want Them
Chinese electric-car sales are increasing, but buyer demand may not be.
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Youxia Electric Tesla Clone From China: So Bad It Makes Us Laugh
The Youxia X is part Tesla Model S, part KITT.
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For Electric Car Standards, China And U.S. Work Together On Regulations
Automotive standards--the explicitly detailed regulations that specify how a car must operate, what equipment it must or must not have, and a whole lot more--govern the design of vehicles sold around the world. And different countries and regions often have long-established standards that directly...
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UPDATE: Tesla Superchargers Still Free In China; Fees On Sign Apply To Private Charger
Tesla Motors is head and shoulders above any other electric-car maker in providing a network of charging stations for its drivers to use during their travels. It's best known for its Supercharger DC quick-charging sites, but it also provides lower-power "destination chargers" at hotels and other...
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The Chinese vehicle market is now the world's largest, and has been for a few years now. And the country's government-industrial complex has ambitious plans to dominate global production of plug-in electric vehicles, both for reasons of competitiveness and as one effort to start to reduce its endemic and hazardous air pollution. DON'T MISS: Will China Overtake The U.S. In Electric-Car Sales This Year? In the last few months, the country's carmakers have apparently started to build plug-in electric cars--known in China as "New Energy Vehicles"--at rates that exceed those of Japan and the U.S...
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China's Air Pollution Is Bad, But India's Is Far, Far Worse
Air pollution in New Delhi routinely exceeds levels in Beijing.
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Beijing Adds Another Electric-Car Incentive: Rush-Hour Access To Any Road
Beijing will exempt electric cars from a policy that restricts access to roads during rush hour.
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LG Chem Adds Chinese Great Wall Motors Plug-In Hybrids To Its Battery Clients
South Korean battery maker LG Chem continues to be on a roll, signing up automakers left and right that plan to use its lithium-ion cells in new electric cars. The latest to join the roster that includes Audi, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, Hyundai, Renault, Smart, Volkswagen, and Volvo is the Chinese...
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What If China's Plug-In Hybrids Were Never Actually Plugged In? (Or California's?)
China has had difficulty getting its New Energy Vehicle program off the ground for a number of reasons. While it was initially focused on battery-electric vehicles, buyers have proven more receptive to plug-in hybrids--and virtually every carmaker selling in China will offer one or more in the next...
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China To Force Toyota To Build Electric Cars It Loathes
Toyota has been more than abundantly clear in its belief that the best approach to reducing fuel consumption and offering zero-emission vehicles lies in a combination of its present-day hybrids and future hydrogen fuel-cell cars. It no longer sells the RAV4 EV electric SUV whose powertrain was...
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The BYD Yuan is a small crossover with derivative styling.
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China To Top U.S. Electric-Car Sales? Why Stats Don't Compare
Not all electric vehicles are created the same--and that's an important point to keep in mind when you read stories about how China's electric-car market is set to overtake that of the U.S. Last year, roughly 118,000 battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars were sold in the U.S. In China, monthly...
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Cue Kandi Store Jokes: Small Electric Car Goes On Sale In China
Kandi Technologies Group plans to expand beyond carsharing to actual electric-car sales.
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Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid: Big Battery, More Electric Range
As predicted, the plug-in hybrid version of the 2016 Cadillac CT6 large luxury sedan was released today at the Shanghai Motor Show, using an adaptation of GM's second-generation Voltec hybrid system. What wasn't predicted was the startling size of its battery pack: 18.4 kilowatt-hours, identical to...
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Beijing Smog: So Bad That Emergency Plans Ban Half Its Cars Each Day
Beijing will enact an odd-even license-plate system that will restrict when people can drive.
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BYD Doubles Down On Electric Car, Bus Investment For China
BYD plans to use money from a spun-off subsidiary to grow its electric-vehicle business.
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