About the History of Cars in China
Today in China Concept Cars (CCC): the Chery Fulwin II Coupe, a sporty two-door concept car that debuted at the 2006 Beijing Auto Show. It was an important car for Chery as it marked the debut of a new design language and the debut of the new Fulwin 2 series.
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Today in China Concept Cars the beautiful Chery A6cc, a coupe that came so close to production we could almost smell it. Here is the car’s ultimately sad story:
Today in Chinese Concept Cars (CCC) the pretty red Chery M14, a sporty coupe-cabriolet designed by Pininfarina. The M14 was yet another great looking car from China that just not made it into production. And what a shame that was!
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The story of the National Electric Vehicle Experimental & Demonstration Area (henceforth referred to as NEVEDA) begins in 1995 after the Ministry of Science and Technology made the development of electric vehicles a priority in the 9th Five-Year Plan. Continue reading “A brief history of the National Electric Vehicle Experimental & Demonstration Area”
This article will be a first in a series of articles documenting the automotive history of the city of Xingtai in Hebei province. I recently travelled to Xingtai for a second time. I spent the day with a media friend I had met through Weibo after my last visit in 2017. He was kind enough to offer to take me around Xingtai to see some of the car factories that were once part of Xingtai’s industrial output. Upon arrival in Xingtai he told me we were off to a car factory that was very much still alive and well. That car factory is operated by Hongxing – aka Red Star.
In today’s article we discuss all of the weird and wonderful limousines and parade cars to have been produced by Chery, including one off prototypes and a few that actually made it into production.