Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department announced the approval of 13 applications for funding support on the trial of green and innovative transport technologies under the Pilot Green Transport Fund. The government set up the HKD300 million Fund to encourage the public transport sector to test out green and low-carbon transport technologies. The Fund has been [...]
American Car Company Focuses On Shanghai's Green Transportation
20 December 2010
U.S.-based electric car firm Zap is working in Shanghai to develop eco-friendly transportation. Zap has reportedly begun project planning with the government of Shanghai's Yangpu District to develop a Green City Zone in Yangpu's downtown area. Based on a memorandum of understanding partnership agreement signed in San Francisco on November 19, 2010, the project plans [...]
SAIC To Unveil Roewe 750 Hybrid Car
19 October 2010
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation has announced that it will unveil its Roewe 750 hybrid car at the end of 2010. The 1.8L new energy car has a fuel-saving factor of around 20% and is scheduled to hit the market later this year. The Roewe 750 is powered by a lithium-ion battery. In addition, SAIC's Roewe [...]
SAIC Invests CNY6 Billion In R&D On New Energy Vehicles
05 November 2009
Hu Maoyuan, the president of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, has disclosed to local media that SAIC Group will invest CNY6 billion over the next two years for research and development on new energy vehicles.
At the China Clean Energy International Summit, Hu said that CNY2 billion of the CNY6 billion investment, will be used to set [...]
Zonda Group To Expand New Energy Vehicle Base In Beijing
02 November 2009
Xu Liankuan,the president of Chinese auto maker Zonda Group, has said that the company plans to expand their new-energy automobile base in Beijing.
According to Xu, Zonda Group will expand the existing Beijing Zonda Yanjing Automobile New Energy Automobile Base, which is based on Beijing Zonda Yanjing Automobile Auto Company.
Gou Zhongwen, the vice mayor of Beijing, [...]
SAIC Group To Invest CNY12 Billion On New Energy Vehicles
08 July 2009
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group says it will invest more than CNY12 billion to develop new energy vehicles and actively progress the industrialization of the key components of new energy automobiles.
Li Jirong, the vice president of SAIC Group, has disclosed to the Chinese media that the company will adjust its product structure and mainly focus [...]
New Energy Automobile Access Management Rule Launched
03 July 2009
China's New Energy Automobile Manufacturers and Products Access Management Rule, which was published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on June 25 2009, was formally enacted on July 1, 2009.
The new rule covers new energy vehicle products at various levels of development as well as the corresponding management methods that MIIT [...]
New Energy Automobile Alliance Set Up In Chongqing
08 June 2009
Chongqing Energy Saving and New Energy Automobile Alliance, which local media reports is the second of its kind in China, has been formally unveiled in Chongqing.
Headed by Chana, a leading Chinese automobile maker, the alliance takes advantage of new energy resources in Chongqing and aims to become the largest new energy alliance in the middle [...]
Mazda Holds Environmental Forum In Beijing
12 November 2008
Mazda Motor Corporation and the China Center for Business Cooperation and Coordination together held the 2008 Beijing Mazda Environmental Technology Forum in the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.
China's Auto Consumption Tax Adjusted From September
26 August 2008
The Chinese Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation has issued a notice that the automobile consumption tax will be adjusted from September 1, 2008.



