Stories about: China

Chevrolet Volt to Debut in China on August 31

19 Aug 2010, 12:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that General Motors has already announced pricing for the American flavor of Chevrolet Volt, the US giant is getting ready for a global world tour to promote its first plug-in hybrid electric ve...

VW Sells 4M Vehicles in 7 Months for the 1st Time

16 Aug 2010, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Milestones keep on being reached for Europe's largest manufacturer, with the latest achievement being the selling of over 4 million vehicles in the first seven months of any given year. Volkswa...

BMW M3 Tiger Edition for China

11 Aug 2010, 12:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what seems to be an unstoppable wave of special editions of the M3 model, German manufacturer BMW is souping up a new limited run, this time for the Chinese market, of the model. Dubbed M3 Tiger...

China Straddling Train to Solve Congestion [Video Update]

5 Aug 2010, 15:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being the fastest growing automotive market in the world and at the same time one of the world's biggest polluters, China is facing a congestion problem of a huge scale. Although not there yet,...

Bob Grace, New Jaguar Land Rover China President

4 Aug 2010, 15:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The newly created position of President for Jaguar Land Rover China has been occupied by Bob Grace, previously Jaguar Land Rover Overseas Operations Director, the car manufacturer announced today.&n...

TRW Targets Asian Expansion, Manufactures EPS in China

3 Aug 2010, 22:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Automotive active and passive safety solutions developer TRW announced today it will start production of Electric Power Steering (EPS) in Anting, China in support of the company's expanding Asi...

China Approves Geely Volvo Buy

29 Jul 2010, 13:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things begin to unravel at increasing speed for the projected Volvo-Geely deal, as the Chinese Commerce Ministry announced it has approved the purchase of the Swedish unit by Geely. The announcement...

IBM Measures Air Quality from Italy to China

27 Jul 2010, 12:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Almost a week ago, a team of Italian engineers working under the VisLab name embarked in a 8,000 miles (12,874 km) trip from Italy to China, to showcase and at the same time test the unmanned land v...

VW Reports Record Half Year

26 Jul 2010, 12:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All the pieces seem to be falling into place for Europe's biggest automotive group and the 2018 target of becoming the number one in the world seems more and more reachable. The VW Group posted...

GM China Advanced Technical Center Breaks Ground

21 Jul 2010, 07:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it has begun building the Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai, China, a facility which will be in charge of developing advanced vehicle designs and technol...

Daimler and Foton Motor Announces China Joint Venture

20 Jul 2010, 07:26 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Daimler announced today it has signed a joint venture agreement with Foton Motor (a subsidiary of BAIC), in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Premier of the People’s Repu...

BMW Ships 10,000 3 Series to China

13 Jul 2010, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The immense success experienced by German manufacturer BMW in China is causing production-related problems in the country. The 2011 BMW 3 Series for instance is so successful that it took BMW's...

2011 Audi A8 L Pricing, New Engines Announced

12 Jul 2010, 10:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi released today the pricing for its new flagship vehicle for the Chinese market, the A8 L. Set to be released onto the market later this year, the vehicle will be sold starti...

VW Shows Off at Expo 2010

12 Jul 2010, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not so keen in advertising its presence at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, German carmaker Volkswagen was unable to resist the temptation of preparing the visit of David McAllister, the new prime ministe...

China to Drive the Automotive World in 2010

9 Jul 2010, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After becoming the world's biggest auto market last year, China is poised to stay number one and, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates, strengthen its position in the rest of the y...

ZAP Buys Majority Stake in China's Jonway Auto

9 Jul 2010, 07:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American electric vehicle provider ZAP announced today it has acquired 51 percent of Zhejiang Jonway Automobile for US$29.03 million in cash. This forms part of ZAP’s strategy to {Ad}capitaliz...

Chinese Sports Car Coming from Lifan

8 Jul 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The world of performance vehicles is doing pretty fine (aka laughing in the financial crisis’ face), if we are to judge by the number of new models being introduced. The last few years have se...

GM China Sales Surpass US for the First Time

5 Jul 2010, 13:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the first time in history, American manufacturer GM sold more vehicles in China than in the US for the first six months of a year, after it announced a 48.5 percent leap in numbers in the Asian ...

Ford China Sales Reach Record Figure

5 Jul 2010, 12:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first half of 2010 proved to be very lucrative for Ford's Chinese unit, as it posted its best ever first-half new vehicle sales. With an increase of 53 percent from a year ago and total sal...

Gerry Jenkins Is the New Chrysler China CEO

5 Jul 2010, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having the same desire to succeed on the still booming Chinese market as all manufacturers present there, American carmaker Chrysler chose to place the future of the Chinese branch in the hands of t...