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China-made electric cars heading to US
Jianghuai Automobile Co (JAC), one of China's 10 largest automakers, will deliver 100 electric vehicles to an electric carmaker in the US. The vehicles, part of 2,000 units purchased by the US-based GreenTech Automotive (GTA), will be delivered from Hefei, Anhui province, where JAC is located, while the other 1,900 will be shipped from there in the near future. She Cairong, deputy general manager of JAC, said his company's new electric vehicle models have "upgraded driver modules, improved battery capacity, and range and performance improvements for speed, climbing and stability".
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GTA inked an agreement with JAC in 2012 to bring 2,000 battery-powered electric vehicles to the US market. And after more than one and a half years of research and development (R & D), the Chinese automaker formally reached an agreement to export the vehicles to the US. Sales of electric vehicles in China are expected to climb more rapidly in the future, as the country is continuing to encourage the use of such vehicles to cut emissions. On Friday, in the Chinese government's latest effort to push the sales of green vehicles, China said it would offer additional tax breaks on purchases of Chinese-made electric vehicles.
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No
Type of Exchange:
business
education/science
Partners:
Jianghuai Automobile Co
GreenTech Automotive
Sponsor(s):
GreenTech Automotive
Participants (Types):
electric car automakers
Exchange Date:
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Continuing:
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Location:
Hefei, China
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