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BYD does deal to supply major Chinese auto group with batteries

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 they've just reached a deal that will see them supplying lithium batteries to one of the Chinese big three auto groups. Although the arrangement was confirmed by sales manager Wang Jianjun, the name of the battery buyer is being withheld for now due to "professional secrecy." What's not secret is that ... Read more →

Chinese automaker FAW announces new-energy (read: hybrid) vehicle factory Xavier Navarro

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 ...

Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: Electric cars marked down on aisle 6 Domenick Yoney

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 ...

Beijing 2008: Haima Fushida Fstar EV Xavier Navarro

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 ...

Beijing 2008: FAW unveils Besturn B70HEV Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Rumor: Chinese automaker FAW to release hybrid based on Mazda 6 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

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