Early Volkswagen Santana Hydrogen Prototypes In China

In the early 2000s, automaker SAIC Motor and several Shanghai-based research institutions and companies developed a series of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCHVs) based on the Volkswagen Santana 2000 and Volkswagen Santana 3000.

At the time, the Chinese central and local governments actively supported research into New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), a broad category that included hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot: The mysterious Jianhua

Not long ago, we have looked at Tianlong wedding cars. Today we have another wedding car company to look at – Jianhua

Jianhua car brand is much more mysterious compared to Tianlong, their website http://jh-car.tochgo.com/ never being saved on wayback machine and thus being lost to time. However there is few facts we do know for sure – it was made by Hunan Jinyuan Auto Developing Ltd. Co., located in Wangcheng district in Changsha, Hunan province.

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