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Geely Auto forms new premium electric car company Zeekr; SEA EV architecture

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The Chinese name of Zeeker has been confirmed as Ji Ke. Under the plans, Zeekr will use Geely Holding Group’s Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA)—unveiled last year—and will include its own battery technologies, battery management systems, electric motor technologies and electric vehicle supply chain support.

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Audi designs urbansphere concept for Chinese megacities

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Audi has unveiled plans for the Audi urbansphere concept car. Designers and engineers initially created the Audi urbansphere for use in traffic-dense Chinese megacities, although the concept is also suitable for any other metropolitan center in the world. Drive system and charging.

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Chinese Electric Cars Are Leaving The US In The Dust

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With our storied history as automobile leaders of the 1900s, it is easy to assume the US will continue being automotive leaders globally and especially domestically. However, we are rapidly being outmaneuvered, out-innovated, and left in the dust by our Chinese competitors. We’ve written about a number of individual stories.

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Volvo Car Corporation to start demonstration program of electric cars in Shanghai

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Volvo Cars China and Shanghai International Automobile City Group—a local government supervision authority— will undertake a demonstration program with two Volvo C30 Electric cars in the community of Jiading outside Shanghai. A full recharge takes about 7 hours.

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AC Propulsion expands electric drive manufacturing capacity in China; support from Chinese government

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We are gratified to be participating in the vast growth of the Chinese electric vehicle market and expect to have the first AC Propulsion-powered vehicles on the road in China in 2011. —AC Propulsion CEO Tom Gage. China is committing more than $15 billion to this initiative.

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Wanxiang and Ener1 receive Chinese Government approval for Li-ion storage systems JV; targeting capacity of equivalent to about 40K EV packs per year

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and Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Co., a division of the Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corporation, have received approval from the Chinese government for their joint venture to co-manufacture lithium-ion energy storage systems for the China market. Ener1, Inc. The new company—Zhejiang Wanxiang Ener1 Power System Co.,

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Better Place, China Southern Grid sign strategic agreement on battery switching; Guangzhou accord to encourage production of EVs with switchable batteries

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The agreement, which focuses on joint electric car and infrastructure projects in CSG’s service areas, will further advance electric cars with switchable batteries in China. CSG is the world’s eighth-largest utility, according to the Fortune Global 500. —China Southern Grid Chairman Zhao Jianguo.

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