Great car China. Thanks for showing GM how to do it. Subsidies help I\'ll bet.

if only other gov\'s(uk) would be as forward thinking as china and subsidise such industries then they to could reap the rewards as well such as boost to empolyment and tax returns once fully fledged as well as having a large local market to sell to...(EU)

re; Solestus China has such a forward looking government that stating dissatisfaction with it can get you forwarded right into the next life. ..............................................................................................................................
In stead of going electric china could invest in catalytic converters and other proven pollution control equipment that would cost less and provide better cars.

I\'m curious about the iron-phospate batteries, but this looks like a very smart design. I assume they are saying it has 74 kWh storage?

Slowburn: We\'re in the 21st century. There are no technological excuses now for continuing to have smog and contaminated rivers.

Warren Buffett is a big investor in this company.

\"with a (claimed) range of 300 km (186 miles), which would give it the longest range of any EV in the world at present.\"
*What?* The Tesla has been around for a few years now and it has a 250 mile range.
@ Slowburn: Yeah, great idea... Let\'s encourage the 1 billion people in China to all get gasoline cars with catalytic converters. Millions more gas cars on the road is a great idea! You must work for a gas or automotive company. Who else would think that putting more gas cars on the road is a good idea. For that matter, what exactly makes you think that gasoline-driven cars are better? Those ridiculous things they called \"electric cars\" back in the 70\'s were crap, but there are more and more excellent electric cars coming out all the time now. Within a few years, there will be dozens of models, and all of them just as good as gas cars.

Tesla now achieves a 300 mile range on a single charge with their Model S.
It\'s only a matter of a short period of time that they start implementing nanotechnology batteries in EV\'s, which by doing so, we\'ll be able to charge our cars at 80% capacity (240miles) within 10 minutes. Although not everyone tops off their gas tanks now, so imagine a five minute charge is about 120 miles.
Given that the consensus of drivers commute an average of 40 miles a day, that single 10 minute charge could last almost a week costing about $4.00; not to mention the pollution you won\'t be spewing into the air.
Gas powered vehicles are so last century.
EV\'s are the future - now!

re; Neil
I am advocating neither. Some of the worst smog in the world is in china from their coal powered industry including generating over 68% of china\'s electricity.
re; Dave Andrews
Electric Cars are over weight resulting in bad handling. The batteries are over rated and under performing resulting in their range being significantly less than advertized in the real world. You can not carry a recharge to a \"out of gas\" electric car on a bicycle, which I have done for a ICE car. You can not double the range of an electric car by putting a few batteries in the trunk. you can double the range of a ICE car by putting a few cans of fuel in the trunk, which I have also done. The batteries loose capability as they age markedly reducing the car\'s range well before the battery is considered worn out. Batteries loose energy just sitting, much faster than a sealed tank of gas does. Electric cars cost way to much, requiring government subsidies to sell. A gasoline engine with proper emission controls is cleaner than even a \"clean\" coal electrical power plant. Burning methane, butane, propane, or waste-stream bio-fuels they are even cleaner. Using food as motor fuel is capital S Stupid.

$56,000 for a small electric Chinese car ??...I doubt that they will have any US customers other than the Fed. Govt. who can just put them on its credit card..