My comment: New electric car in Detroit tradefair.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/22/content_10702056.htm
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The launch of the world's first
commercialized plug-in hybrid electric car at the Detroit auto show
again put in the limelight China's unremitting efforts to develop a
sustainable and environmentally-friendly economy.
Chinese car-manufacturer BYD Auto's launching of a range of
electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which lured more than 1,000
journalists and industry insiders at the main floor of the
ongoingDetroit show, may have changed a bit the world's perception
that Chinese products, including their cars, are low-end.
One of BYD's e-cars, the "e6", can travel up to 250 miles (over402
km) purely on battery, more than double the range its Western rivals
can on a single charge. The BYD's innovative battery used in its dual
mode cars can fully charge in nine hours from a regular electrical
outlet, or much faster at charging stations.
Before the show, the Chinese carmaker had already taken a step
ahead of its Western and Japanese rivals, which also have heavily
invested on developing new energy cars. BYD's F3DM, a plug-in hybrid
launched last month, was at least a year ahead of General Motors' most
anticipated Volt. So far, only the U.S. auto giant and Toyota have
announced plans to bring out such vehicles by 2010.
Behind BYD's remarkable move is China's tremendous efforts to
promote green technology even though the global economic slump seems
to have moderated the ambition of some countries to fight global
warming.
Under a plan to transform its economic development mode into one
featuring "less input, less consumption, less emission and high
efficiency," China pledges to cut the energy consumption used to
generate per unit of GDP by 20 percent and major pollutants emissions
by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010.
And the car industry, one of the major emission producers, has
drawn fair attention from the government. Over the last 10 years,
China has spent nearly 2 billion yuan (294 million U.S. dollars)
developing cars using alternative energies.
During the Beijing Olympics last summer, about 400 electric
vehicles and more than 100 hybrid vehicles were used, as part of the
government's efforts to raise public awareness about clean energy.
It may not be easy for China to upgrade its economic
structure,especially under the current international economic
situation. It is equally a serious challenge to maintain an economic
growth of 8percent in the world's most populous country as the
traditional exports of textiles and manufacturing products declined
due to shrinking demand from Western countries.
But at the Detroit auto show, the Chinese showed that they have
the determination to reach their goal -- to maintain a fast but steady
economic growth while seeking to build an energy-saving eco-society.
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