Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Bolstered by government stimulus plans, sales of autos in China likely reached a record high of 1.15 million units, according to estimates from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Assuming the CAAM figures are borne out by official data, April would be the fifth straight month of growth for the industry.

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Stimulus Package China Sale Minivan 150

China EV

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

auto industry about when, not if, Chinese automakers will enter the U.S. Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Company was a provincial mini-van maker before the formation of the SAIC GM Wuling joint venture (SGMW) in 2002. I became a staff reporter a few years later. I was the first!

GM 75

GM 2001 China Chinese 75

Charged EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

It sells those engines in a variety of containers, from home generators and lawn mowers to ATVs and automobiles. The minivan didn’t help the smaller Japanese company, which exited passenger cars in 1993 and the US market altogether in January 2009. None of those were battery-electric vehicles, however.

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Honda GM Isuzu Acura 104

Baua Electric

OCTOBER 27, 2024

It sells those engines in a variety of containers, from home generators and lawn mowers to ATVs and automobiles. The minivan didn’t help the smaller Japanese company, which exited passenger cars in 1993 and the US market altogether in January 2009. None of those were battery-electric vehicles, however.

Honda 52

Honda GM Charging Isuzu 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Because nobody has fully figured out the optimum use of lithium-ion batteries in automobiles. I got beaten down a number of times." This is unusual.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lithium Ion 45