December 19, 2018
YOUR NEXT CAR WILL BE A VOLT:
For the first time, a Chinese car is coming to the US--and it's electric (Michael J. Coren, December 18, 2018, Quartz)
Last week, Qiantu Motor announced it would aim to become the first Chinese automaker to sell its own vehicles in America. So far, Chinese manufacturers have only sold their cars under established brands, such as the Buick Envision (built by Shanghai GM, a joint venture between China's SAIC Motor and General Motors) and the Volvo S90 (Volvo was bought from Ford by China's Geely in 2010).Qiantu (the name is Chinese for Dragonfly) plans to start building its K50 electric vehicle (EV) in 2020. The electric luxury sports car will be a joint US manufacturing effort between Chinese automaker CH-Auto and Southern California-based startup Mullen Technologies. It will be assembled from American and Chinese components.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 19, 2018 3:59 AM