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03.06.18China Could Be the World’s First All Electric Vehicle Ecosystem
Forbes
China’s big cities are famously polluted. Air pollution is responsible for as many as one million excess deaths per year in China, according to estimates from the World Health Organization.
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02.27.18China Spends $279 bln on R&D in 2017: Science Minister
Reuters
China’s total spending on research and development is estimated to have hit 1.76 trillion yuan ($279 billion) last year, China’s science minister said on Monday, a year-on-year increase of 14 percent.
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02.14.18Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff over Shanghai Factory
Bloomberg
Tesla Inc., the biggest-selling electric carmaker in the U.S., is in danger of being relegated to an expensive niche in China because Elon Musk can't clinch a deal to open a factory there.
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02.07.18China’s Didi Chuxing Signs Deal with 12 Car Groups
Financial Times
Chinese ride-hailing group Didi Chuxing has signed partnership agreements with 12 car companies to help them market auto-sharing services and electric vehicles.
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12.18.17China Plans to Kill Local Subsidies for Electric Cars
Bloomberg
The Ministry of Finance is working on a plan that would mandate authorities to phase out the incentives to discourage protectionism and help rein in state expenditure, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing...
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12.06.17China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford's Chairman Says
New York Times
The world’s automakers are just starting to bet on an electric car future — and already, one of the most powerful people in the industry says that future belongs to China.
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12.05.17China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford's Chairman Says
New York Times
Speaking in Shanghai, William C. Ford Jr., Ford Motor’s longtime executive chairman, outlined why in an unusually blunt comment. “When I think of where E.V.s are going,” he said, using an abbreviation for electric vehicles, “it’s clearly the case...
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12.04.17China in Pole Position amid 'Desperate' Global Race to Secure Lithium Supplies
CNBC
China is outpacing the U.S. and other countries in a global race to secure supplies of an all-important element for electric cars.
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10.25.17Tesla Strikes Deal with Shanghai to Build Factory in China
Wall Street Journal
Electric-car maker Tesla Inc. has reached an agreement to set up its own manufacturing facility in Shanghai, according to people briefed on the plan, a move that could help the company gain traction in China’s fast-growing EV market.
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10.10.17China Hastens the World toward an Electric-Car Future
New York Times
There is a powerful reason that automakers worldwide are speeding up their efforts to develop electric vehicles — and that reason is China.
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10.09.17Breakingviews - China's Oil Giants Brace for Electric Car Crash
Reuters
China’s push into new energy vehicles (NEVs) – including battery-powered and hybrid cars – could curb demand for black gold. Sinopec and PetroChina will be hardest hit. The policy will also add to downward pressure on global crude prices.
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10.03.17Exclusive: One Ford, Two Systems - U.S. Carmaker Revamps China Strategy amid EV Push
Reuters
U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co (F.N) is overhauling its China plans as its global “One Ford” strategy is holding it back in the world’s biggest auto market, two high-ranking company insiders told Reuters.
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09.28.17China Gives Carmakers More Time in Biggest Electric-Vehicle Plan
Bloomberg
China unveiled a comprehensive set of emission rules and delayed a credit-score program tied to the production of electric cars, giving automakers more time to prepare for the phasing out of fossil-fuel powered vehicles.
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09.27.17China's ‘Teapot’ Oil Refiners Feel the Heat as Competition Grows
Financial Times
China’s independent oil refiners face an uphill struggle as excess capacity in the sector and slower demand for fuel creates a tougher trading environment, a top executive has warned.
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09.25.17China Considers Rule Change That Could Aid Tesla
Wall Street Journal
The move could pave the way for Tesla Inc. to manufacture vehicles in China.
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09.21.17BYD Predicts Ambitious China Shift to Electric Cars by 2030
Reuters
All vehicles in the country will be “electrified” by 2030, which could range from full electric cars to mild hybrids, Chinese automaker BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu said on Thursday. BYD, backed by Warren Buffett, has already invested heavily in the...
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09.19.17China Considers Lifting Foreign EV Cap in Free Trade Zones
Bloomberg
China is discussing a plan to allow foreign carmakers to set up wholly owned electric-vehicle businesses in its free-trade zones in a major revision of a fundamental principle governing the country’s auto industry policy since the 1990s, according...
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09.15.17G.M. Chief, in China, Challenges Planned Bans of Gasoline Cars
New York Times
Speaking in Shanghai on Friday, Mary Barra, the chief executive of General Motors said her company was making a big push to develop electric cars but that consumers, not government dictates, should decide how cars are powered.
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08.22.17Ford in Talks to Launch Fully Electric Cars in China
Financial Times
Ford is in talks to launch fully electric cars for the Chinese market as the US carmaker plays catch up to international rivals in the race to develop battery vehicles.
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06.19.17China Propels Rise of Electric Ultra-High-Performance Cars
New York Times
Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and a top speed of 195 miles per hour (313 kilometers per hour). The catch: The EP9 costs nearly $1.5 million. NIO, a...
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04.07.17Why Ford’s Electric Push in China Might Get Grounded
Wall Street Journal
On Thursday Ford Motor announced its China-focused electric-car strategy, including new vehicles. Ford’s Chief Executive Mark Fields said the “time is right” for his company to beef up in China. It is playing catch-up, though.
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01.05.17China’s Electric Vehicle Strategy Paved With Potholes
Wall Street Journal
By the numbers, China looks like it’s on the way to dominating the global electric car industry. But
Environment
12.13.16
Chinese Consumers Adopt Greener Lifestyle
from chinadialogue
For the last two years, Helen Ni has hosted low-carbon technology workshops for local kids and their parents. The informal gatherings take place at her ground-floor apartment in the Shanghai suburb of Minhang, close to Jiaotong University, one of...
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11.30.16
Made in China 2025
Jost Wübbeke & Mirjam Meissner
Mercator Institute for China Studies
This report analyses China’s ambitious plan to build one of the world’s most advanced and competitive economies with the help of innovative manufacturing technologies (“smart manufacturing”). China’s industrial master plan “Made in China 2025” aims...
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09.07.16Volkswagen in Talks to Make Electric Cars in China
Wall Street Journal
The German car maker has signed a memorandum of cooperation with China Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co.
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07.18.16Samsung Bets on China’s BYD for Growth
Wall Street Journal
The South Korean technology giant plans to invest in the electric vehicle and battery maker’s $2.3 billion share sale.
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04.25.16Taking on Tesla: China's Jia Yueting Aims to Outmuscle Musk
Reuters
Tomorrow's cars will be all-electric, self-driving, connected to high-speed communications networks...and free.
Caixin Media
04.18.16
Chinese Electric Vehicle Manufacturer BYD’s Image Hurt by Scandal Involving Dealer’s Suicide
China’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD Auto Co., is under intense scrutiny following the death of a Nanjing auto dealer who accused the company of bilking a government subsidy program and a Caixin probe suggesting the charge may have...
Green Space
04.13.16
Chinese Love Affair with Cars, and Tesla
Chinese love their cars. With the emergence of a large middle class, and in spite of restrictions on daily car use in some cities, many Chinese households are choosing to keep a second and sometimes even a third automobile. The world’s most populous...
Environment
11.20.15
China Remains a Rocky Road for Electric Cars
from chinadialogue
Recent revelations about Volkswagen’s emissions have focused attention on the environmental damage caused by the auto and fuel industries—and the need for a decisive shift towards genuinely green transport that can cut smog in the world’s major...
Caixin Media
06.30.15
Tesla’s Ambitious Quest for Traction in China
Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk was mobbed like a pop star last year while introducing Chinese consumers to his U.S. company’s Model S electric car.Amid the frenzy, the American billionaire-entrepreneur ambitiously predicted China would...
Environment
10.23.14
Tesla-Unicom Deal Could Spark China’s Electric Vehicle Market
from chinadialogue
Electric vehicle firm Tesla’s major new deal with China Unicom to build EV charging infrastructure unites what is seemingly the only EV success story, pursuing a business model targeting elite customers, with China’s second largest mobile phone...
Environment
09.12.13
Electric Cars Offer China the Chance to Become Global Pioneer
from chinadialogue
Despite some serious doubts over the viability of electric vehicle (EV) makers, the sector could still have a promising future in China, according to a report published by the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.China’s EV sector currently...
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08.01.13
Recharging China’s Electric Vehicle Policy
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Electric vehicles offer China an opportunity to reduce its reliance on foreign oil, improve air quality by curbing emissions from the burgeoning transportation sector, and enjoy the future economic benefits of being a global pioneer in an emerging...
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03.08.13Could Electric Cars Reduce China’s Smog?
BBC
Looking at BYD Auto Company, China's central planners, and Warren Buffet's investment in the future of electric cars in China.
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04.01.11
The China New Energy Vehicles Program: Challenges and Opportunities
World Bank
In June 2010, the World Bank organized a team of international experts in urban transport, electric vehicle technologies, and policy and environment to carry out a survey study of China’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Program. The preliminary findings of...