New Point to Develop for China Automakers 1
2008-09-04 Source：english.chinabuses.com
Summarize：Chang'an Auto Corp, China's fourth largest automaker, is the first to go into mass production of hybrid cars. The country's first hybrid sedan Jiexun-HEV rolled off the production line at a Chang' ...
Chang'an Auto Corp, China's fourth largest automaker, is the first to go into mass production of hybrid cars. The country's first hybrid sedan Jiexun-HEV rolled off the production line at a Chang'an plant in Chongqing. To cost between 130,000 and 150,000 yuan ($18,200 and $21,000), it is expected to hit the market soon. Six years of intensive R&D preceded the mass production of Jiexun-HEV. Chang'an Auto president says Jiexun-HEV is a breakthrough in the "electricity run automobile program", which is part of the "863 plan", China's strategic high-tech research development plan created in 1987. The vehicle has a fuel-battery hybrid technology and consumes 20 percent less fuel compared to traditional one. Its emission meets standard IV, the highest yardstick in China.
Chery Automobile Co in Anhui province is also out to cash in on the hybrid auto craze. The automaker's spokesman says a hybrid auto model, based on A5, is already being tested as a taxi on the roads of Wuhu, where Chery's plant is located. The company may officially launch it later this year. BYD Auto, a cell-phone battery company that entered the auto business and plans to unveil a hybrid auto model, F6DM, in the later half of the year. It is expected to cost 150,000 yuan ($21,000). Other domestic firms trying to enter the clean energy vehicle market include Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co and Great Wall Motor. But they are not concentrating on hybrid technologies only.
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