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By: Who Wants Afghanistan’s Lithium: China’s Electric Vehicle Players

Who Wants Afghanistan’s Lithium: China’s Electric Vehicle Players — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:31:13 +0000

[...] after these lithium reserves? Potentially China’s electric vehicle players. China is swiftly becoming an electric vehicle powerhouse, recently surpassing the U.S. as the world’s largest automobile industry. Legacy car [...]

By: How the Volvo-Geely Deal Plugs Into the Green Car Race

How the Volvo-Geely Deal Plugs Into the Green Car Race — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:26:37 +0000

[...] Grose put it to us today. So how does Geely’s acquisition of the tech and brand play into China’s larger role in the nascent electric vehicle [...]

By: Renault-Nissan Charges Ahead With Electric Cars in China – Earth2Tech

Renault-Nissan Charges Ahead With Electric Cars in China – Earth2Tech — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:14:59 +0000

[...] moving ahead with the Wuhan project and the effort to carve out space for its plug-in cars in the world’s largest car market represents a significant step for Renault-Nissan, which [...]

By: The Future of Electric Vehicle Batteries: Lithium Ion & China

The Future of Electric Vehicle Batteries: Lithium Ion & China — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:00:54 +0000

[...] researchers seem most impressed with China’s advantages in the market: attractive government incentives and cheap labor, which has allowed manufacturers there to replace [...]

By: BYD Plug-in Hybrid Sales Wallow in the Hundreds

BYD Plug-in Hybrid Sales Wallow in the Hundreds — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:01:38 +0000

[...] BYD’s plug-in hybrid, but as Green Car Reports points out, it has not sold well in China. BYD has said it aims to bring that price down to about $16,000 through higher production volumes, helped along by U.S. and EU [...]

By: China’s Opportunity: Green Mobility vs. Electric Cars

China’s Opportunity: Green Mobility vs. Electric Cars — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:12:44 +0000

[...] written before about China’s role on the road to an affordable EV, and the potential for sales in the region to help electric car makers achieve economies of scale. [...]

By: China’s 10 Biggest Automakers Link Up to Develop Electric Cars

China’s 10 Biggest Automakers Link Up to Develop Electric Cars — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:10:36 +0000

[...] Auto may be the poster child for electric vehicles in China, and it has provided Warren Buffett’s investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, with a nice [...]

By: Exxon, Electrovaya Roll Out Electric Car Sharing…Slowly

Exxon, Electrovaya Roll Out Electric Car Sharing…Slowly — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:01:32 +0000

[...] for the mass market within the next several years, and with the China-based automakers like BYD Auto racing to sell plug-in vehicles for well below the Maya 300’s initial price [...]

By: Plug-In

Plug-In — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:27:11 +0000

China is quickly becoming the supplier of choice for lithium-ion batteries. Even start-up electric automakers from California are outsourcing their battery-technology to Chinese companies.

One example: http://www.plug-in.com/coda-reveals-new-plug-in-for-2010/

Moves made by large companies such as BYD are consolidating the supply-chain in a fast growing consumer market, and technology companies in the United States have reason to be concerned. GE has recently started an advertising campaign aimed at promoting its alternative-energy developments.

It is probably all but a certainty that electric vehicle costs will come down. Infrastructure to support them is another matter all together.

By: Mitsubishi, Subaru Gear Up for Electric Car Rollouts, Starting in Japan

Mitsubishi, Subaru Gear Up for Electric Car Rollouts, Starting in Japan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:02:38 +0000

[...] the bet many China-based automakers are making these days, hoping to “change the rules” by skipping internal conbustion engines and plug-in [...]

By: mai

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By: What the Electric Coda Sedan Says About the Future of EVs and China

What the Electric Coda Sedan Says About the Future of EVs and China — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:55:45 +0000

[...] made and committed) in R&D for electrified transport.” We’ve written before about China’s role on the road to an affordable EV, and the potential for sales there (highest in the world last quarter) to help electric car makers [...]

By: Magna Moves on Opel, Gears Up for Electric Car Bet

Magna Moves on Opel, Gears Up for Electric Car Bet — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:32:56 +0000

[...] cars won’t be coming to the U.S. or China any time soon, which are important markets on the road to an affordable EV. The company has an agreement with GM and the U.S. Treasury Department preventing it initially from [...]

By: Why Volkswagen Wants BYD in Its Battery Mix

Why Volkswagen Wants BYD in Its Battery Mix — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:01:08 +0000

[...] isn’t the only would-be player in the nascent electric vehicle market with an eye on China. As we noted earlier this month, Frost & Sullivan analysts expect cars in China to go mostly [...]

By: Adura Systems To Tackle Chinese Hybrid Buses, Then the World

Adura Systems To Tackle Chinese Hybrid Buses, Then the World — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:01:43 +0000

[...] CEO Marv Bush recently, he said the basic scheme is to focus on powertrain sales in China — a rising player in the race to develop affordable alt-fuel vehicles — for the first year or so. The startup [...]

By: China’s Electric Cars & the Road to an Affordable EV | EVOASIS

China’s Electric Cars & the Road to an Affordable EV | EVOASIS — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:18:11 +0000

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