BYD to Launch All-Electric e6 in the US in 2010
24 Aug 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BYD continues its expansion outside China, this time in the United States, one of the first countries to get the all-electric battery car as soon as next year. Chairman Wang Chuanfu told the WSJ tha...
Lamborghini China Sales Grow to 29 Cars
21 Aug 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Italian sports carmaker Lamborghini is becoming more popular in China, a country in which it improved its first half of the year figures by 32 percent to no less than 29 units. However, the company ...
Honda Starts Building Spirior/Accord in China
20 Aug 2009, 13:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Honda is one of the companies that are trying to benefit from the cheap labor costs in China and yesterday announced it started production of the Spirior, globally known as the Accord, at a Chinese ...
Ford Prepares for China's Attack
20 Aug 2009, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Car Allowance Rebate System, which is now on the verge of closure, brought US automakers back on track and made them hope for better times in the future. Ford, the only major US-based car manufa...
Guangzhou to Build Jeep Compass for Chrysler
20 Aug 2009, 09:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Jeep Compass will be produced by Guangzhou Auto in central Chinese city of Changsha, becoming the first model to be made by this plant as part of the joint venture the Chinese automaker has with Fia...
Chinese Cash for Clunkers Continues Through 2010
19 Aug 2009, 15:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China decided to extend the local cash for clunkers program into 2010 as the scheme has the potential to boost car sales even more through the cash incentives offered by the government. The Chinese ...
Hyundai Equus Launched in Beijing
19 Aug 2009, 15:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / South Korean manufacturer Hyundai yesterday launched the new Equus sedan in Beijing, the very first location outside the domestic market that gets the new luxury model. Pricing for the Chinese versi...
Kia Reveals 17.5 Percent Global Sales Increase in July
19 Aug 2009, 10:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Kia is one of the companies that benefit the most from government scrapping schemes around the world and this thing can be easily seen in the official sales figures rolled out by the carmaker a few ...
Changan Auto Prepares Third Plant in Chongqing
19 Aug 2009, 10:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese automakers are continuously seeking for new ways to expand their local businesses, driven forward by overseas companies who are seeing China as one of the most important auto sectors nowaday...
BYD to Supply Li-Ion Batteries to SAIC
18 Aug 2009, 14:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you yesterday, Chinese manufacturer BYD signed a deal with a major local carmaker to supply lithium-ion batteries for powering a future electric vehicle. Today, the name of the secre...
2009 Skoda Superb Launched in China as Hao Rui
18 Aug 2009, 13:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Czech manufacturer Skoda announced today the introduction on the Chinese market of their flagship Superb, renamed for the local market to Hao Rui. The event takes place almost two months after produ...
GM to Offer China Telecom 3G Services
18 Aug 2009, 10:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors will equip some of its new models with services offered by China Telecom that would allow drivers control their mobile phones and manage calls straight from their cars. The EVDO techn...
Tengzhong Establishes Hummer Division in Shanghai
18 Aug 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. makes another step towards buying General Motors' Hummer brand by establishing a sales division in Shanghai. Furthermore, Tengzhong...
Audi Opens Second Chinese Plant in September
17 Aug 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like many other European and US carmakers, Audi is trying anything that's possible to expand its business in China, a country that ignored the economic chaos and maintained new car sales a...
600,000 Km Li-Ion BYD Batteries for Top Chinese Carmaker
17 Aug 2009, 14:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BYD has just confirmed it has formed a new partnership with a Chinese automaker to supply lithium-ion batteries for a future electric model. However, BYD hasn't mentioned the name of its partne...
VW Group Posts 6.7 Percent Growth in July
17 Aug 2009, 12:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Leaving the deal with Porsche aside, Volkswagen Group is doing quite fine, in spite of the global recession which is still keeping the auto sector under pressure. The Group posted a 6.7 percent grow...
Fiat Models in China Starting in 2011
14 Aug 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you know by now, most carmakers, usually based in Europe or the United States, are thinking of new ways to bring their models in China. Fiat recently signed a deal with China's Guangzhou Aut...
China's Haima Auto to Launch Hybrid and Electric Cars in 2011
13 Aug 2009, 10:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese manufacturer Haima Auto struggles to stay in line with the rest of the automotive world and will launch its very own hybrid and electric cars as soon as 2011. Still unclear whether the c...
GM, 1 Million Cars Sold in China in 2009
12 Aug 2009, 13:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rivers of milk and honey for General Motors in China where things are going pretty well for the former bankrupt automaker... The American manufacturer has just sold the 1 millionth vehicle in China ...
BorgWarner Turbochargers for Chinese FAW
11 Aug 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BorgWarner and Chinese car manufacturer First Automotive Works (FAW) signed a dealer today though which the parts maker will supply turbochargers and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves for vario...