TIANJIN – China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) announced safety test results for seven more cars in late July in their second batch of tests this year. In the latest tests only Nissa's Teana sedan and Ford's Focus economy model fared best, earning five stars for total scores above
Read MoreGUANGZHOU – Dongfeng-Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co., Ltd. will launch its first two SUVs, the Qashqai and X-Trail, in China next year. The Qashiqai, which was newly released in the European market in March, will be first to hit the Chinese market. Dongfeng-Nissan will launch six brand new models next year, according
Read MoreBEIJING – Dura Automotive Handels und Beteiligungs GmbH, a subsidiary of Dura Automotive Systems Inc., announced on July 27 that it has agreed to form a joint venture with Minth Group Limited, a Cayman Island investment holding company, to make parts for automakers based in China. The new venture, with
Read MoreBEIJING – China's top quality watchdog announced on July 18 that the exported Hangzhou Zhongce (HZ) tires meet or exceed U.S. safety standards, in the wake of HZ’s U.S. distributor asking for a recall of up to 450,000 tires of four HZ brands. The real cause of the fatal van
Read MoreCHONGQING – The new sales and distribution network of Chang'an-Ford-Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. (CFMA) will begin operation on January 1, 2008, announced YU Hongjiang, vice president of FAW Mazda Motor Sales Co., Ltd. (FMMS). At that time, CFMA will take over sales and distribution of the Mazda3 from FMMS. When the
Read MoreBAODING, Hebei – Johnson Controls, Inc., the leading global provider of automotive batteries and interior systems, announced plans on July 19 to set up a joint venture in Baoding, North China's Hebei Province, for the development, manufacture, sales and service of maintenance-free lead acid batteries to cater to the automotive market
Read MoreAutomotive professionals and analysts in China have been debating for a long time on whether a foreign-invested joint venture OEM can develop an independent vehicle brand different from those of multinational automakers.Those who are skeptical of such a possibility argue that a joint venture can never deliver an independent brand.
Read MoreBEIJING – Thanks to some important technological breakthroughs, China has developed its own electric vehicle engines after more than a decade of research, according to a report in Economy News citing a scientist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). "Some of the newly-developed motors with digital control systems have already
Read MoreGuangdong exported 17,296 cars worth ¥1.44 billion ($190 million) from January to June this year, a rise of 32 percent and 31 percent respectively over the same period last year, accounting for 25 percent of the total car exports and 36 percent of revenues all over China, according to the
Read MoreBEIJING- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has recently announced the results of the fuel consumption testing for the second batch of passenger vehicles in China, in which 2,374 models from 95 automakers passed the test while 444 models from 55 automakers failed to meet the requirements, according to the news
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