Bio-fuel

Chery Auto mulls opening factory in Brazil

Mon, 04/27/2009 - 20:13 — Michał Hadyś

Big Chinese automaker Chery is considering open a 700-million-dollar factor in Brazil to tap into the country's growing market, and to learn more about building biofuel-capable engines, Brazil's Gazeta Mercantil daily reported Friday. "Our development center is already working on this project," the head of Chery, Yin Tongyao, said. The plant, which would supply the Latin American market, would be built by 2012 if it goes ahead, he said.

Hafei Auto to make cheap, clean dual-fuel sedan

Sat, 02/21/2009 - 18:15 — Michał Hadyś

To speed up its manufacturing of energy-efficient, eco-friendly vehicles, Harbin Hafei Automobile Industry Group will put its self-developed dual-fuel sedan in to mass production soon, xinhuanet.com reported today. This dual-fuel Hafei Saibao sedan model is low in emission and in price - clean and cheap.

China to offer rebates on green vehicles

Tue, 02/17/2009 - 22:35 — Joanna Kujawska

China state radio informed, that the government would offer huge cash rebates for green vehicles. If new regulations come into life, inhabitants of 13 major cities would receive returns higher than 80,000 USD (600,000 yuan – 87,700 USD). The worth of supplement will depend on the car’s type, and maximum fare will be practically given only for institutional customers.

Geely targets methanol-powered cars

Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:22 — Joanna Kujawska

Zhejiang Geely Holdings Group said it will start mass producing methanol-powered vehicles by the end of the year, becoming the latest domestic car maker to make new energy-saving cars which will account for 10 percent of the total production of the industry within five years. The privately-owned car maker plans to launch a methanol version of its Haifeng sedan by the end of 2008, according to a statement released by the company yesterday.

Lifan will market „520” with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

Wed, 12/26/2007 - 18:26 — Joanna Kujawska

Lifan has announced today, that in June next year it is going to start production of “520” with Compressed Natural Gas. In China, cars with this kind of drive are only a small part of the market, but interest in alternative, ecological sources of drive is getting bigger, because of higher petrol prices and activities to reduce CO2 emission. “520” model will be equipped with additional tank for compressed gas with 65 litres of capacity, situated in a boot. The car will burn 6.22 litres/100 km.

Will Great Wall Motor invest in Lublin?

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 16:27 — Michał Hadyś

The news about potential investment of Great Wall Motor was revealed by Dziennik Wschodni, which relying on the direct information from the local government. According to newspaper, GWM considers assembly passenger car and commercial vehicles in the former Daewoo’s factory. Representatives of Chinese company visited Poland with the Prime Minister of China in late April. Is there any chance to implement a new project?

BYD Auto and announce of the new bestseller

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 20:50 — Michał Hadyś

BYD unveiled two new exciting models – the "F3 Plus" and the Dual Mode "Qin" at 2012 Beijing International Auto Show. This year's Auto show theme was "Innovate and Excel" and BYD did both displaying 3 new break-through technologies in their new vehicles. The BYD Qin is an intelligent, next-generation, highly-efficient dual-mode electric vehicle that uses BYD's new, innovative Dual Mode II system with improvements over the first generation's F3DM system.

Polish traders afraid of Chinese pickups?

Mon, 03/19/2012 - 17:56 — Michał Hadyś

Polish traders are not interesting of Chinese pickups. This conclusion stems from fast dropping prices of the model ZX Auto Grandtiger produced in 2011. Dealers which has decided distributing of the car compete together who give the lowest price. Grandtiger, which normally costs less then 17,000 EUR* (without taxes) for the best version with two airbags, air conditioning and metallic color, currently is offered for 13,350 EUR*. It is very competitive price, because is equipped with Hyundai’s 2.5l (170 hp) diesel engine and three year warranty.

40 Chinese car were registered in Poland in 2011

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 18:07 — Michał Hadyś

The registration data provided by IBRM Samar show, that only 40 Chinese cars were registered in Poland in 2011. Although this result isn’t impressive, it is more twice than in 2010, when the number of registrations was 19. For comparison, a Samar reported 13 units of models „made in China” in 2009, so Polish market is growing up.

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Foton Tunland enters to Poland

Sun, 01/15/2012 - 20:37 — Michał Hadyś

Beiqi Foton will debut on the Polish market later this year. One of the biggest Chinese producer of commercial vehicles is building sales network. Although we don’t know the official Foton’s offer, we can suppose that only new cars with European homologation and Euro 5 norm can appear on the Polish streets. Foton has only one model which meets our expectations. It is a newest pickup named Foton Tunland (code P201).

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