Posts Tagged ‘electric’
Spy Shots: Yema F16 EV is ready for the Chinese car market
Published on November 28, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The first spy shots of the Yema F16 EV for private buyers, it will be launched on the Chinese car market next year. The F16 EV has already been tested as a taxi at a pilot project in Chengdu, which is also Yema’s hometown.
Shanghai-GM Springo EV launched on the Guangzhou Auto Show
Published on November 22, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Springo EV has been launched on the Guangzhou Auto Show. Price is 258.000 yuan. The full name of the vehicle is Shanghai-GM Sail Springo EV. ‘Springo’ has no Chinese translation.
Sales of the Springo EV will start with a pilot project in Shanghai where buyers can get 100.000 yuan subsidy plus a free license plate. The latter is very attractive since prices for license plates in Shanghai can go up to 10.000 USD. The Springo EV is made in China by the Shanghai-GM joint venture. Read more »
Spy Shots: Shanghai-GM Springo EV arrives at the Guangzhou Auto Show
Published on November 21, 2012 by Joey Wang
The first clear live shots of the new Shanghai-GM Springo EV, which will debut on the Guangzhou Auto Show later this week. ‘Spring’ is an EV sub-brand from the Shanghai-GM joint venture, this first vehicle of the brand is based on the Chevrolet Sail, others will follow. Price of the Sail-Springo will start around 270.000 yuan.
Official: new Chinese EV-brand for Shanghai-GM, to be called ‘Springo’
Published on November 19, 2012 by Joey Wang
We knew it was coming but now it is 100% sure, the new Shanghai-GM EV-brand will be called ‘Springo’. Their first yet nameless car is based on the Chevrolet Sail and will debut on the Guangzhou Auto Show later this month. There will be more electric vehicles in the future, Chinese media says Shanghai-GM will outline their “green technology strategy” at the Guangzhou show.
Spy Shots: Chevrolet Sail EV to be called ‘Springo’ (?)
Published on November 10, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots from the Chevrolet Sail EV indicate it will be called ‘Springo’. This could however also be a new brand name. When the ‘Sail EV’ debuted as a concept on the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show it had a new S-shaped logo on the bonnet, leading the intense speculation that Shanghai-GM was planning a green-energy brand.
GM and SAIC didn’t say anything and the concept had a normal ‘Sail’-badge on the back, just like the car we saw on the most recent spy shots in September. Now we know more… S, Springo; it fits. Springo (Spring, go! (?)) also sounds kinda green. But what a weird name it is!
BAIC is going Big in electric vehicles in China
Published on November 8, 2012 by Joey Wang
The BAIC Group, one of China’s biggest automobile companies, says it plans to invest 1.7 billion yuan ($272 million) into the research and production of new-energy cars within the next three years.
The State-owned automaker is going to construct three plants of new-energy vehicles before 2015, which will cover an area of 4,500 mu (300 hectares) with a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles annually, said Li Zhili, a member of the board of Beijing-based BAIC Group, on Wednesday.
China offers up to 16.000 USD subsidy on Roewe E50 EV
Published on November 7, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Roewe E50 EV was launched on the Chinese car market yesterday for 234.900 yuan or 37.600 USD. ChinaDaily reports today that green-car subsidies can get the price down with 100.000 yuan, or 16.000 USD. That leaves a ‘real price’ of 134.900 yuan or 21.600 USD. The E50 suddenly sounds like a much better deal…
Roewe E50 EV hits the Chinese car market
Published on November 6, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Roewe E50 EV has been launched on the Chinese car market, price is 234.900 yuan, or 37.600 USD. Not cheap for such a small vehicle, but it is only the second proper electric car on the China auto market after the BYD e6 which was launched in October last year. Various subsidies will get the price down a bit but SAIC hasn’t named a number.
BYD will sell electric cars with zero down payment
Published on November 6, 2012 by Joey Wang
China’s auto maker BYD Company Limited has announced a series of financial incentives for customers, China Business News reported.
Taxi operators and bus companies for instance, can now buy the company’s all-electric E6 or K9 on credit with a zero down payment. The facility is being offered through China Development Bank and China Everbright Bank.
Introducing the Golden Sunset Classic Car electric car from China
Published on November 1, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
This is the Golden Sunset Classic Car electric car from China. It is made by the Taizhou Luqiao Zhenghui Electromobile Factory from the great city of Taizhou in Jiangsu Province.
Taizhou Luqiou Zhenghui mostly makes three-wheel electric vehicles, their series of four-wheel electric vehicles is called ‘Golden Sunset’, and this fine vehicle with its classic looks is therefore simply called the ‘Golden Sunset Classic Car’.
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