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Last week, major Chinese automaker First Automobile Works (FAW) rolled out its first batch of independently-developed alternative energy vehicles. Marketed under FAW's Besturn brand, the automaker's first 20 alt-energy vehicles included a plug-in hybrid model that consumes 60 percent less fuel ...

Back in December of 2010, the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture unveiled the electric E-Bora in the Chinese city of Changchun. The vehicle, built with core components made in China, utilizes the underpinnings of the standard Bora (called the Jetta in the U.S.) pictured above. FAW-VW asserts that ...

Last Tuesday, the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture unveiled its electric E-Bora in the Chinese city of Changchun. The vehicle, built with core components made in China, is claimed to have a range of at least 93 miles on a single charge. The JV has not released much info on this ...

By early 2012, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) aims to launch its Prius plug-in hybrid (PHEV), as confirmed by the automaker's "eco-car" outline:

Taking it name to heart, BYD is building their dreams ever bigger and will likely be the source of even more billions for Warren Buffet in the near future. They haven't really started selling their first hybrid, the F3DM, in earnest yet but ...

Despite the lackluster sales from rival company BYD, Chinese automaker FAW has announced a new manufacturing plant that will specialize in building hybrid vehicles. Set to be completed in 2012, the automaker expects to build about 1,000 hybrid buses and 11,000 hybrid sedans per year at the new ...

Might your next (first?) electric vehicle purchase be transacted at Wal-Mart? It's not out of realm of possibility. Mexican company, GS Motors, is already selling 3 different models from China's First Auto Works (FAW) at a so-called "big box" retail chain in Mexico and has plans to replicate the ...

Courtesy of our colleagues at Autoblog Chinese, here's the Fstar H1, by Haima. Haima is a joint venutre of automakers FAW and Mazda, although some people see this car as a bad copy of the Chevrolet/Daewoo Spark/Matiz. Next to the different gasoline versions on display at the Beijing Autoshow was ...

In case you're not familiar with First Automobile Works (FAW), as its name suggests, FAW was the first company in China to mass produce vehicles. Their Jiefang CA-10 medium truck began production in 1956. They have a bit of a history in electric and hybrid cars as well, building the Prius in China ...

FAW, a Chinese automaker that builds and sells the Prius in China, may release a hybrid Besturn sedan (Bentung is based on the Mazda 6) at a cost of 250,000rmb (33,532.75 US dollars). Recently, we told you about another Chinese car maker showing off a hybrid and how China is making bold moves to ...