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Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Volvo believes an electric minivan could be the future of luxury vehicles—in some markets at least. Volvo confirmed Chinese sales when it first announced the EM90 in August, and didn't discuss other markets in this latest.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) has signed a framework agreement on taking a 50% stake in Chinese transport vehicle manufacturing company New Long Ma ( NLM ). NLM’s product portfolio includes an electric commercial distribution minivan which is a part of the agreement.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
While overall sales growth has been slowing and market share battles are becoming increasingly competitive in the Chinese car and minivan market, the SUV and multipurpose vehicles (MPV) segments show significant strength. —Rick Hanna, Global Automotive Leader, PwC. million and 1.2 million units sold, respectively.
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The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 24, 2023
Earlier this year, Volvo teased the all-electric EM90 minivan. It’s a luxury-minded product catering to Chinese tastes. While minivans have become pure poison on our market, Asian countries still utilize them due to the fact that they offer more interior space than just about everything else.
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Electrek
DECEMBER 30, 2023
In this case, I’ve found what looks like a mini-minivan that took an extra spin or two around the window factory before emerging complete. more… The post This Chinese electric car is almost entirely windows appeared first on Electrek.
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InsideEVs
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Chinese automaker Xpeng's Land Aircraft Carrier will make an appearance at CES 2025. It may end up as the wildest car at the show.
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Green Car Reports
JANUARY 17, 2019
And Chinese automaker GAC showed a U.S.-designed Ford plans to build an all-electric F-series truck. Lincoln's making electric "elegant." Tesla has released a new portable Level 2 home charger. designed concept at the Detroit auto show. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
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Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2010
Shin-Kobe is expanding a Chinese battery factory this fiscal year, doubling the annual production capacity to 2 million units. s recently released Premacy minivan and plans to market batteries that support other makes of cars with the idling-stop function as automakers introduce them. GS Yuasa Battery, a subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp.,
199 Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2009
The Wuling N200 entered the Chinese market in 2007. SAIC-GM-Wuling manufactures a range of Wuling brand mini-trucks and minivans as well as the Chevrolet Spark mini-car. In 2008, SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales totaled 647,296 units, making it number one in sales among Chinese mini-vehicle producers for the third straight year.
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EV Central
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The 2025 Zeekr 009 all-electric minivan will be priced from $135,900 in Australia when deliveries begin in the coming weeks. 2025 Zeekr 009 electric minivan priced for Australia, and undercuts Lexus LM by $25,000 appeared first on EV Central. READ MORE Revealed! The post How much?
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InsideEVs
AUGUST 20, 2024
The Chinese-built Zeekr driverless minivan has a new, more advanced sensor suite compared to the Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis.
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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2014
It has an initial annual manufacturing capacity of 400,000 vehicles and 400,000 engines to serve the Chinese market. It manufactures a range of Wuling brand mini-trucks and minivans as well as a growing family of Baojun brand passenger cars. The first phase of production at the Chongqing base represents initial investment of RMB 6.6
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Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2010
SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, is launching the Baojun brand (Boajun is the Chinese word for “treasured horse”). It will enable us to better address the increasingly segmented Chinese vehicle market. The passenger cars of the new brand will be built and sold in China.
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Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
This year hasn’t been easy for Chinese automaker BYD, thanks to abysmal performance on the Chinese stock-market, accusations of copyright infringement and a launch schedule that it just can’t seem to keep to.
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EV Central
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Volvo has pulled the drapes off the Volvo EM90, its first minivan in more than 70 years of car-making. That’s because both Zeekr and Volvo are owned by the same Chinese parent, Geely. Not only that it’s battery-powered and more luxurious than its flagship XC90 SUV. 2024 Volvo EM90 interior. 2023 Zeekr 009.
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Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2009
The market benefited from stimulus policies adopted by the Chinese government as well as growing demand for personal transportation in tier-three and tier-four cities and rural areas. —GM Its Wuling Sunshine minivan was China’s most popular vehicle, with sales of 295,789 units in the first half. from the first half of 2008.
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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Intensified competition has driven both international and domestic auto brands to launch new and better vehicles that appeal specifically to the eyes and hearts of Chinese consumers. Minivan segment: Wuling Rongguang. —Hannah Chao, research director at J.D. Power Asia Pacific, Shanghai. Midsize segment: Volkswagen Golf.
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Green Car Reports
JANUARY 19, 2019
Which Chinese automaker showed an electric minivan in Detroit? What upcoming SUV will underpin a new "elegant" electric from Lincoln? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 18, 2019.
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EV Central
AUGUST 19, 2024
Chinese car-maker Zeekr has announced its all-new 2025 Zeekr 007 takes just 10.5 Aussie-bound Zeekr 7X is yet another Chinese rival for the Tesla Model Y If you’re wondering what that means, the ‘C’ is an indicator of battery to charging capacity. READ MORE: Revealed!
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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service by Sam Abuelsamid on Apr 22nd 2009 at 10:05AM Chrysler U.S. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago. Postal Service. Postal Service for mail delivery.
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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2011
Although US automakers saw the most significant improvement compared with 2010 survey data, executives identified Chinese brands, as well as existing global players Volkswagen (#4 in 2010), Hyundai/Kia (#2 in 2010), Indian brands (#3 in 2010) and BMW (#9 in 2010) as the top five market share winners this year.
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Baua Electric
DECEMBER 30, 2023
In this case, I’ve found what looks like a mini-minivan that took an extra spin or two around the window factory before emerging complete. V6 that my parents’ Pontiac minivan came with, this Alibaba version has a 4,000W electric motor ready to clock in for a union job driving around those snot-nosed kids every day.
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Teslarati
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Geely, a Chinese auto group, is reportedly pursuing an initial public offering in the United States for its new luxury EV brand, Zeekr. For those unfamiliar, Geely is a Chinese auto group that controls many notable brands, including Volvo , Polestar, and Lotus , as well as countless Chinese brands, including Geely’s own Geely Motors.
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NOVEMBER 3, 2009
The newly established Dongfeng Motor Korea will begin importing vehicles from Dongfeng Motor in China – making it the first incursion of Chinese built vehicles into the South Korean market. It is a significant step as Chinese automakers begin to establish themselves as serious competitors in the new automotive age.
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EV Central
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
Posting pics on its X account, the Geely-owned premium brand said Chinese buyers could pre-order the new Zeekr 007 later this week ahead of first deliveries beginning either late this year or early 2024. READ MORE: Zeekr 001 ‘shooting brake’ EV: apparently it’s not boring READ MORE: Zeekr? 2024 Zeekr 007.
89 China EV
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
As many of you know, I lived in China for around 14 years including a couple of stints as a student, in 1984 in Nanjing and in 1991-93 in Kunming (I was teaching English and studying Chinese concurrently part of that stint). auto industry about when, not if, Chinese automakers will enter the U.S.
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EV Central
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
was a Chinese-spec version. But as Geely kept reminding us, this is a Chinese-spec model, and our car will be different. Yes, it is yet another midsize crossover EV, and yes, you’ll likely instantly compare it to the segment-dominating Tesla Model Y. READ MORE: How much? So, drivewise, it was underwhelming.
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Baua Electric
AUGUST 16, 2024
Chinese EV brand Zeekr claims new batteries debuting in its 007 electric sedan can support the world’s fastest charging rates. Chinese battery firm CATL in 2023 said its next-generation LFP batteries could add 250 miles of range in 10 minutes of charging. minutes at normal temperatures, Zeekr announced this week.
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Baua Electric
MARCH 1, 2024
Priced at over RMB 560,000 ($77,800), Li Auto expects the luxury minivan to be a top seller in its segment, contributing to its target of 800,000 vehicles sold this year. The Chinese automaker put a key focus on aerodynamics in the Mega, which delivers a drag coefficient of 0.215. Not bad for a glorified minivan. Dope or nope?
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Baua Electric
JULY 20, 2023
Certainly one of our readers despatched me an e-mail asking how it’s imaginable that some 2-year-old Chinese language firms have already got 3 unutilized EVs at the street (Zeekr) or {that a} unutilized maker can create 7 unutilized fashions and seven facelifts in 5 years (Nio). All are in keeping with Geely’s SEA platform.
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Baua Electric
OCTOBER 2, 2024
It also launched its first luxury electric minivan, the EM90 , in China, starting at about $114,000 (818,000 yuan). In China, Volvo is also targeting high-growth markets with the lower-cost EX30 and premium EM90 minivan rolling out. The European-made model will be exported to the US to avoid tariffs new tariffs on Chinese EV imports.
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Cars That Think
JANUARY 6, 2025
Together, hybrids and all-electric vehicles (a category that the Chinese government calls new energy vehicles) reached a milestone last July, outselling internal-combustion engine cars in that country for the first time. In 2021, Toyotas decision to redesign its Sienna minivan exclusively as a hybrid seemed risky. counterparts.
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Baua Electric
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
The other is new tariffs on Chinese EVs in the EU and US, where the already popular EX30 is built. Volvo’s CEO said that although middle-class buyers usually chose a Western brand in the past, the rise of Chinese EV makers has been even more detrimental to these brands. Volvo expects better results from premium EVs.
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Baua Electric
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The company, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely, is also preparing for new EU and US tariffs on Chinese imports. Volvo EV goals (Source: Volvo Cars) Volvo still expects to outpace premium rivals with the three-row EX90 electric SUV ( see our review ) also rolling out in the US and the luxury EM90 minivan in China.
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EV Central
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
This, says the Chinese-owned Swedish brand, makes it easier to understand where its smallest EVs sit in its all-electric line-up that is currently also inhabited by its latest EX30 SUV, large EX90 SUVs and the China-only EM90 people-mover.
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Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 24, 2025
Z eeker: 001 FR, 009 Grand and Mix EV Concepts For something completely new and unexpected, the three offerings from Chinese auto manufacturer Zeeker , part of the Geely Group , runs the gambit from an enthusiast sedan to two distinctly different minivans.
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Baua Electric
APRIL 25, 2024
Today’s presentation in front of a crowd in Beijing (you can view it in its entirety below) started off simply recapping much of the same news we reported on in 2024, some of it dating back to the Chinese automaker’s annual Tech Day in October 2023.
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Baua Electric
MAY 29, 2023
Credit score: Sohu Hengchi is an electrical logo beneath Evergrande Crew – Chinese language 2nd greatest actual property developer. It consisted of sedans, coupes, SUVs, and MPV (minivans). Hengchi 5 manufacturing used to be suspended extreme hour on April 25. Tianjin plant in complete swing.
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Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
The company also announced in June that it will build electric family sized minivans, SUVs and fleet vans with DOE funding (see article ) and it has formed a partnership with Daimler to provide powertrain components for the electric Smart car. Of all the ‘upstart’ green car companies, Tesla is the closest to breaking out into the mainstream.
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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Thankfully, since parts of the powertrain in the Circuit are also used in other Chrysler ENVI vehicles - like the all-electric USPS minivan that was unveiled earlier today - work that is done on one model can be applied to others. For now, if you want to keep moving, you need to keep pressing go. No coasting available.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
↓ ↑ report 10 Pixls 11:45PM (4/09/2009) well i think, in a perfect world there would be some level of uniformity to the batteries per car of course not all cars would have the same pack, that would be impossible, but perhaps, an SUV pack, a sport pack, minivan pack, and like regular car or something.
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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Reuters ) 1/8/07 Indefatigable auto entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, no longer planning to import Chinese-made cars to the U.S., Malcolm Bricklin] said a working proof of concept would be built in six months and that the cars would be in production by 2009. Were starting to build the prototype," he said.
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Baua Electric
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Officials from Wayne and Hyundai have met more than three times to discuss use of the Ioniq 5 in Waymo’s self-driving tax service, according to the report, which also states that the Ioniq 5 would replace vehicles based on a platform from Chinese automaker Zeekr.
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