2008 is the Year of Hybrid Vehicles in China
2008-12-08 Source：english.chinabuses.com
2008 can be the year of hybrid vehicles. Hybrid vehicles can cut energy consumption by 10 to 50 percent. Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles have many advantages and may only resolve the energy crisis for the moment in China.
Hybrid cars have gained so much favor among makers and buyers that European and US auto conglomerates, which till now had been concentrating on hydrogen-powered vehicles, have began shifting their focus. And analysts say hybrid autos offer domestic firms a chance to share the global stage with their international rivals. Chang'an Auto Corp, China's fourth largest automaker, is the first to go into mass production of hybrid autos. The country's first hybrid sedan Jiexun-HEV rolled off the production line at a Chang'an plant in Chongqing in December, 2007 and put it into market in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The cost of this auto is between 130,000 and 150,000 Yuan ($18,200 and $21,000). Six years of intensive R&D preceded the mass production of Jiexun-HEV. A Ministry of Science and Technology official says the new auto has been developed using Chinese patents for the engine and hybrid power system, or the entire car. This is the beginning of mastering the core technologies of the hybrid-power system by a Chinese firm.
According to the news says another electric auto that is called Benni made from Chang’an accessing into North America market.
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