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Mainland Chinese automakers look to Taiwan for EV expertise

More electric car news from Taiwan. Two Chinese automakers are ready to develop and sell electric cars there. Chery, for instance, has announced the creation of an R&D center in the upcoming "Green Energy Intelligent Vehicle Innovation Park (EV Park)" in central Taiwan. This would give Chery access to Taiwan's EV technology. Geely Auto has announced sales in Taiwan of the electric version of the Panda model (pictured above) thanks to Yulon Motor Co, which would develop the EV with lithium-ion batteries. The model, to be ready for 2011, ... Read more →

Southern Taiwanese island of Liuqiu going gasoline-car free Sebastian Blanco

Who's going car free? The 2012 Olympics in London, a town in Germany, and some people on one day a year. A tiny island off the coast of Taiwan has decided to join the car-free club, at least to ...

Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium introduces light-electric vehicle Jeremy Korzeniewski

James Wang, director of the Intelligent Mobility Technology division of the Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (TARC), believes that Taiwan is the perfect testing ground for small, low-speed ...

Taiwanese scientists develop ethanol from rice straw Xavier Navarro

A group of Taiwanese scientists has developed a project that obtains ethanol from rice straw. The project, successful in the laboratory, will move to a test plant by the end of 2009. Ethanol ...

Taiwan to replace all traffic lights to LEDs within three years Jeremy Korzeniewski

Have you ever stopped to consider just how many traffic signals there must be in the world? I have no idea, but I know it has got to be a huge number. You are probably aware that CFL light bulbs, ...

I don't care what its made of, as long as it works 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently it seems that a lot of people have found that you can make biofuels out of just about anything in the world. We've reported on algae, chicken fat and even human fat being turned into biofuels and it looks like the list of organic substances that we're willing to consider for our transport ...

U.S. team runs fourth in World Solar Rally 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A University of Minnesota team is celebrating a fourth-place finish in the World Solar Rally held last month in Taiwan. Nicknamed Borealis III, the car ran fourth out of 10 teams. Winning was a team from Japan followed by two Taiwanese teams. Team leader Patrick O'Connor says the vehicle was just as ...


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