Shanghai Auto Show
The Mazda EZ-60 compact crossover will be available in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid versions.
MG, Jetour, Chery and Great Wall aim to gain from China’s love of rugged, boxy-looking off-roaders that resemble the Land Rover Defender and Ford Bronco.
Lepas joins Tiggo, Omoda and Jaecoo on Chery's T1X platform. An SUV-focused range will include a small electric model, two compact SUVs and a midsize SUV.
VW Group CEO Oliver Blume said the European Union should consider exempting EREVs from the 2035 deadline to sell only zero-emission vehicles.
Exlantix will start in EV-friendly Northern Europe countries with two large models, the ES sedan and ET SUV.
In an unlikely pairing, China upstart Leapmotor will supply the underpinnings for a new EV for the country’s oldest auto brand, which got its start supplying sedans for Communist Party leaders and has become a fast-growing premium brand.
Toyota hasn’t disclosed the amount of the factory investment, but Japanese and Shanghai media have put it at around $2 billion and say the plant may lower production costs by as much as 20 percent.
The Future Hybrid Concept from Horse Powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, electric motor and transmission. It could appear in production cars by 2028.
Cadillac introduced 2 other EV models for China at the Shanghai auto show – the Vistiq crossover and the Escalade IQ full-size SUV.
The five-seat, dual-purpose Frontier Pro, unveiled at the Shanghai auto show, is Nissan’s first electrified pickup but also its first-ever plug-in hybrid. The powertrain pairs an electric motor to a 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.
