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    Asian Cars Dominate in the US

    Date: 1/14/2010

    The US automobile market continued to be in the gloomy state in 2009 while

    Asian cars outperformed American cars, taking 47.4% of the total market

    shares. According to the auto research firm Autodatas statistics, the US sold

    10.43 million automobiles in 2009, far lower than the average 15 to 17 million in

    the past 15 years. The total market shares of the three major US auto-makers

    General Motors, Ford and Chrysler in 2009 were only 44.2%, less than 2008s47.5%.

    Asian cars shares in the 2009 US market on the other hand reached 47.4%,

    better than previous years 44.6% and beat the total shares of the top three US

    auto-makers for the first time in history. In particular, both of South Koreas

    market share and sales volume grew considerably in adversity. Hyundais

    market share increased from 2008s 3% to 4.2% and sales volume rose 8.3%,

    achieving 435,000 cars. Kias market share also swelled from 2.1% in 2008 to

    2.9%. Its sales volume expanded 9.8%, producing 300,000 cars.

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    Brazil Auto Sales May Pass

    Germany's to Become World's

    4th-lar est Market

    Date:4/20/2010

    Brazil may pass Germany this year to become the world's fourth-largest auto

    market after banks cut interest rates and eased loan terms, putting purchases

    in reach for more consumers.

    Wider access to credit in South America's biggest economy expanded the pool

    of potential buyers by more than 50 percent, said Guido Vildozo, an IHS Global

    Insight Inc. analyst. IHS and researcher J.D. Power & Associates both forecastBrazil eclipsing Germany in 2010. "Brazil is an emerging market, coming of

    age, and Germany is more of a mature market," said Jeff Schuster, J.D.

    Power's executive director of forecasting.

    Brazil had been an independent country for only 64 years when German

    inventor Karl Benz got a patent for his first car in 1886. Germany, home to

    Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG, began the last decade as No. 3 in sales after

    the U.S. and Japan before being passed by China, which now holds the top

    spot.

    Vehicle sales in Brazil totaled 3.1 million in 2009, compared with 4 million for

    Germany, according to J.D. Power. This year, Brazil will rise to 3.4 million and

    Germany will drop back to 3 million. Brazil's population is about 206 million,

    compared with Germany's 82 million.

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    China's Auto Prices Rise Most in at

    Least Four YearsDate: 3/4/2010

    Chinese vehicle prices rose 1.3 percent in January 2010, the most in at least four years, as

    government stimulus measures stoked demand in the world's largest auto market.

    "The January price hike is a surprise," Cheng Xiaodong, an official with the National Development

    and Reform Commission's vehicle-price monitoring division, said in an interview on February 11, in

    Beijing.

    Shares of SAIC Motor Corp., the biggest Chinese automaker, and of Warren Buffett-backed BYD

    Co. rose as the higher prices eased concerns about competition and overcapacity denting profits.

    Nationwide auto sales more than doubled last month from a year earlier as the government

    handed out vehicle subsidies and the global economy rebounded from a recession.

    "The price increases benefit automakers as well as dealers," said Chu Yanhui, an analyst with AJ

    Securities Co. in Shanghai. "But there is not much room left for persistent increases given the

    intense competition in the market."

    Passenger-vehicle prices, which exclude trucks and buses, rose 0.82 percent in January from a

    year earlier and 2.33 percent from December, Cheng said. Prices may fall about 0.5 percent by the

    end of the year as automakers boost production, he said.

    BYD Co., the maker of China's bestselling car, had its biggest gain in more than two months in

    Hong Kong trading, climbing 5.7 percent to HK$61.20. SAIC Motor, a partner of General Motors

    Co. and Volkswagen AG, rose 2.1 percent to 21.11 yuan in Shanghai.

    The gap between Chinese vehicle production and sales was 49,400 units last month, according to

    the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Sales reached a monthly record of 1.66

    million vehicles, it said.

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    China's Automakers Aim for 'Green'

    Market NicheDate:5/6/2010

    The first Chinese-made car to hit the U.S. market might be an all-electric

    minivan that skips over gasoline technology and gets a head start on the auto

    industry's next era.

    BYD Inc., part-owned by billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire

    Hathaway Inc., hopes to start selling its five-seat e6 on the West Coast this

    year.

    The e6, displayed in late April at the Beijing auto show, is one of a series of

    "green" vehicles being developed by Chinese automakers that run on

    everything from batteries to solar panels and tiny wind turbines. They lag

    Western rivals in technology but are working at a frenzied pace to ensure they'll

    be part of the green automobile age.

    "Automakers want to invest because they know it's one area where they can

    really compete abroad," said Liu Lixi, an auto analyst with Northeast SecuritiesCo. in Shanghai.

    China, the world's biggest auto market since last year, is emerging as both a

    major potential buyer of green vehicles and a source of eager if inexperienced

    producers such as BYD, Chery Automobile Co. and Volvo buyer Geely.

    Beijing is promoting green transportation in hopes of cleaning up its battered

    environment, reducing surging reliance on imported oil and capturing a share ofa promising infant industry with no entrenched competitors.

    The government announced in March it will promote Chinese technology with

    tax breaks and other subsidies similar to those given in the United States,

    Japan and Europe. Automakers are waiting for details.

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    If BYD can get its e6 to market in the United States, it would be in place to compete with

    the first wave of mass-market American all-electric vehicles, including General Motors

    Co.'s Chevrolet Volt and Tesla Motors Inc.'s Roadster.

    Other Chinese producers have announced plans in the past to export to the United

    States but have yet to meet American emissions standards. Going all-electric, which has

    no emissions at all, would eliminate that hurdle. Chinese cars also have yet to passWestern crash tests, and BYD spokesman Paul Lin said the company was working on

    satisfying safety standards for the e6.

    Other Chinese automakers are working on a wide array of alternative cars, some of

    which debuted at late April's Auto China 2010.

    Dongfeng Motor Corp. showed its all-electric I-Car, a toy-like concept car that looks like

    a smiley face on wheels. The tiny hatchback's styling is straight out of "Star Trek," withglowing neon blue hubcaps and a futuristic interior with touch-pad buttons.

    Geely unveiled six alternative energy vehicles, some of which it said it plans to release

    by next year. Geely shot to prominence abroad in March when it agreed to buy Volvo

    Cars from Ford Motor Co. for US$1.8 billion. Geely is still in the early stages of research

    on green vehicles and it could be two to three years before it decides on its long-term

    strategy, said its founder and chairman, Li Shufu.

    SAIC planned to debut its Leaf at the Shanghai Expo, which opened May 1 and is

    expected to draw some 70 million visitors, including five million from abroad.

    "Renewable energy cars are the concept and future in the industry and Geely is part of

    it," said Li.

    One of the most extreme visions of China's green future is the Ye Zi, or Leaf, an

    experimental car developed by SAIC, the local partner of GM and Volkswagen AG. It

    looks like a praying mantis on wheels, with a jutting leaf-shaped roof that supports solarpanels and tiny wind turbines on its wheels to top up its batteries.

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    China's Car Output Slows After First

    Quarter 50% GainDate:5/13/2010

    Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., the biggest supplier of automotive steel in China, said car production isslowing after a more than 50 percent gain in the first quarter.

    Steel demand from automakers in China has dropped "a bit," General Manager Ma Guoqiang told

    investors in an online conference on May 5. Baoshan Steel's order books for all its major products,

    including automotive sheets, are full, he said.

    A slowdown in auto demand in China, the world's biggest vehicle market, may intensify competition for

    market share by Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Co. Baoshan Steel hasforecast first-half profit will jump 6- to 10-fold as prices and demand recovered with the easing of the

    global recession. "The slowdown in the auto industry is a correction to earlier gains which were too

    fast," Ma said. "The most difficult period is over, judging from the economy and steel demand."

    Baosteel Group Corp., the parent of Shanghai-based Baoshan, said in November 2008 that it faced its

    "most difficult" period since its founding 30 years ago because of the global crisis.

    Profit margins on automotive steel sheets have been "very good" for Baoshan Steel since the third

    quarter of 2009, Vice President Chen Ying said at the same conference on May 5.

    Baoshan Steel, China's biggest publicly traded mill, has raised cold-rolled coil prices by 21 percent

    and hot-rolled coil by 30 percent this year, researcher UC361.com analyst Hu Yanping said.

    Cold-rolled is used in automobiles and appliances, and hot-rolled is used to make cold-rolled coil.

    Chinese steel prices have fallen 2.2 percent from an 18-month high of 4,698 yuan (US$688) a metric

    ton on April 15 amid concerns government measures on the property market will curb demand,

    according to Beijing Antaike Information Development Co.

    "The price correction is normal," Ma said. "Good demand and higher raw-material costs will limit the

    price drops. China's curbs on the property market are unlikely to hurt our earnings as we have little

    product exposure to construction."

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    China's Influence Grows in Global Auto

    MarketDate:4/29/2010

    The 2010 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Beijing Auto Show) just held in late

    April showed Chinas growing influence in the global auto market.

    Nissan's Teana sedan has a full-size back seat, conservative looks and a reasonable

    price -- just the thing for a Chinese entrepreneur with a family.

    That Chinese buyer is why the car exists. Nissan says the Teana, though also sold in

    Japan and other countries, was created with China in mind -- one of a growing number ofmodels designed by global automakers for the world's biggest car market.

    "The Teana is a Chinese product," said Nissan Motor Co.'s CEO, Carlos Ghosn, at the

    Beijing Auto Show held in late April, 2010. "Without any doubt, the Chinese consumer

    now is becoming a big target for a lot of products that we are developing."

    China's car buyers have become an important force in the design decisions of

    automakers from Nissan to General Motors Co. to Volkswagen AG. Their influence isstarting to be seen in vehicles sold worldwide.

    The reason is obvious: China's auto market surged past the United States last year to

    become No. 1 at a time when sales elsewhere are so weak that major brands make most

    of their global profit in China.

    "From volume cars to luxury cars, we can see that all car makers are trying to design cars

    to fit Chinese tastes," said John Zeng, an analyst for IHS Global Insight.

    Automakers are modifying luxury cars to suit China's new rich and creating scaled-down

    sedans and minivans for the populous but lower-income family market.

    China's growing influence echoes defining periods of expansion in the industry's history --

    from Europe to Detroit a century ago and the rise of Japan since the 1970s.

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    GM was a pioneer in designing for the Chinese market. Its Cadillac unit created its

    2008 CTS for China, giving it a bigger back seat for Chinese buyers who sit in back

    and have drivers. That model was sold worldwide, so Cadillac customers everywhere

    got the added legroom.

    Other producers are following. Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz debuted an extended

    E-class sedan for China at the Beijing Auto Show. Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo Cars and

    Volkswagen AG's Audi have created Chinese models with bigger back seats.

    Luxury makers are giving cars a longer wheel base and stronger suspension for a

    smooth ride on China's rougher city streets.

    China had almost no private cars 15 years ago. But sales have grown so fast since

    then that the country already is the biggest market for VW, Europe's biggestautomaker. It could replace the United States as GM's top market by vehicles sold as

    early as this year. GM sold 2.1 million cars and trucks in the United States in 2009

    and says total China sales of all its brands, including those with local partners, should

    pass 2 million this year.

    "The lines are going to cross. It's only a matter of when," said Tim Lee, GM's

    president for international operations outside North America and Europe.

    Automakers and industry analysts say Chinese car ownership levels are still so lowthat sales, from luxury to economy brands, should grow strongly in coming years as

    millions of families buy their first car.

    In the mass market, China-inspired cars mix smaller size and lower price with bigger

    vehicles' more sober styling and focus on interior room. That is aimed at first-time

    buyers who might be middle-aged with children or a business and care about

    practical transportation, not sporty looks.

    Nissan's Teana is priced at 177,000 to 366,000 yuan (US$25,900 to US$53,600) --

    several times China's average annual income of about US$3,000 per person but

    much less than a similar-size car costs abroad. Nissan sold 35,400 Teanas in China

    from January to March, up 88 percent from the same time last year, according to J.D.

    Power.

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    GM's compact Sail, designed for China and made with a local partner, ShanghaiAutomotive Industries Corp., is priced at 57,000 to 69,000 yuan (US$8,300 to

    US$10,100). GM's compact Wuling Zhiguang minivan, also made with SAIC, costs

    37,000 to 46,000 yuan (US$5,400 to US$6,700).

    Chrysler LLC linked up with a Chinese partner, Chery Automobile Co., to turn one of its

    low-priced models into a compact for the U.S. market but the alliance was called off

    after the global crisis hit.

    China's influence extends to products marketed by global automakers in other

    developing markets.

    GM and SAIC announced in December they will expand their partnership to India to

    make and sell Wuling minivans and flatbed trucks. Last year, Wuling became the first

    brand in China to top 1 million units in annual sales.

    "We are currently exporting Wuling products to a number of markets in Africa and in

    South America very successfully," Lee said. "We know we will be successful in India as

    well."

    Ford is following a different strategy, using Chinese market research to help design

    global vehicle platforms rather than creating a China model, said Joe Hindrichs, Ford's

    company's president for Asia-Pacific and Africa.

    "What's most important to us is that we have Chinese input from consumer research

    and Chinese employees into the design process of our products so we get Chinese

    desires and perspectives," Hindrichs said. "We are doing that on all our global products

    because we know how important the Chinese market is."

    At the Beijing Auto Show, Ford displayed a micro-compact concept car, the Start, with a

    three-cylinder engine. Its chief designer, J Mays, said Ford had crowded Chinese citiesin mind when it created the car.

    Automakers also are turning to China for design talent.

    Nissan plans to open a Beijing design center in 2011. It would be the first in China for a

    Japanese automaker and add to Nissan studios in Japan, Britain and the United States.

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    For now, Sails are sold only in China. But, Lee said, "We could easily use those

    designs and that product in other markets."

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    Electric Cars Win Hype; Staying Power

    QuestionedDate:4/8/2010

    Electric cars are riding high, as incentives and new models make them a realistic

    option, but the fresh attention may highlight flaws compared with gasoline and

    alternatives such as biofuels.

    The attention rankles with some in the biofuel industry, whose own hype was abruptly

    halted by a glut of production in 2007, subsequent bankruptcies and a fall from grace

    after a link was drawn -- which they dispute -- between biofuels and spiraling food

    prices and rising hunger.

    Gasoline may beat off both alternatives for decades as the least-worst option, with

    wider adoption of more efficient conventional cars helping to curb carbon emissions

    and oil dependence.

    The uncertainty is striking for a US$5-6 trillion global auto and fuel supply market,

    where there is agreement only that the number of cars will keep rising, perhaps

    doubling to 2 billion by 2050.

    The momentum is with electricity, following an oil price spike in 2008, lavish

    government incentives and a crippling downturn across the wider car industry. In late

    March early April, the United States finalized fuel efficiency standards, following similar

    rules in Europe.

    Green cars grabbed centre stage at auto shows this year in New York, Geneva and

    Detroit, including all-battery cars, hybrid varieties that switch between electric and

    gasoline, and small, more fuel-efficient conventional cars.

    But battery electric vehicles (EVs) are expensive.

    Mitsubishi Motors and Nissan Motor Co in late March early April announced prices for

    their i-MiEV and Leaf battery-only electric cars, in production already or about to

    debut, at 3.98 million yen (US$42,520) and 3.76 million yen respectively before state

    subsidies, several times the cost of equivalent cars.

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    "I think oil-based transport fuels have such a competitive advantage and dominance

    that you need a compelling argument to move to something different, and the case

    has not been made for what that is," said Chris Mottershead, vice principal of

    research and innovation at King's College London, and former head of climate

    change at oil major BP.

    Technologies to replace gasoline enthuse investors, even those doubtful of any

    climate threat, given the vulnerability of the United States and others to oil prices.

    The United States imports over half the petroleum it consumes. HSBC is one backer

    of electric, investing US$125 million in January in Better Place, a California-based

    company that wants to build charging networks and lease batteries to customers.

    HSBC climate change analyst Nick Robins stressed a wider benefit, or "positive

    spill-over," from electric cars which he contrasted with the negative wider impact ofbiofuels. Car batteries could help balance electric grids that are increasingly

    dependent on intermittent wind, by re-charging at night, Robins said.

    Biofuels are made from sugar, corn and oil seeds now, and perhaps in the future

    from grass, crop waste and wood. Rising biofuel demand has stoked prices of

    feedstocks such as corn, but may only have played a small part in the 2008 food

    price spike, analysts say.

    The oil major Royal Dutch Shell is a big backer of ethanol, striking a deal in February

    with Brazil's Cosan to create a US$21 billion a year ethanol joint venture.

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    Gartner Predicts Over 50% of New

    Cars in Mature Markets Will Go

    Online in 2012

    Date: 1/7/2010

    The worlds leading information technology research and advisory company

    Gartner predicts that the multinational auto makers who are most skilled at

    attracting consumers and creating product differentiation to generate profits,

    will focus on the mature auto markets of the US and Western Europe to

    develop wireless data connectivity on automobiles. It is expected that by 2012

    over 50% of the new cars in the mature markets will be able to go online.

    Gartners research has discovered that in the past two years, consumers

    interest in the wireless applications and services that can raise the quality of

    driving or being in the car has grown significantly. As the amount of wireless

    connectable consumer products like smart phones and mobile internet devices

    (MID) continue to multiply, consumers not only want to go online in office or at

    home, but are increasingly also being tempted and hoping to use digital

    transmission even when driving or in transit.

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    German Carmakers Playing Catch-Up

    in Electric AutomobilesDate:5/19/2010

    Despite the Mini E's exuberant performance, the German car industry has been

    accused of moving far too slowly to develop viable alternative-drive and electric

    vehicles that can help tackle environmental problems.

    Moving out into the fast lane of the A100 motorway that threads through Berlin's

    southern suburbs, the Mini E from German automotive giant BMW seems like a

    sensible, modest city car -- but not for long.

    Stepping on the accelerator pedal produces, in contrast to any normal vehicle,

    no noise, only speed. Lots of it. The cheeky little roadster surges forward with

    disarming, effortless alacrity. Driving it is, well, electric.

    Appearances are deceptive, however. Despite the Mini E's exuberant

    performance, the German car industry has been accused of moving far too

    slowly to develop viable alternative-drive and electric vehicles that can help

    tackle the twin problems of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and city pollution.

    "We still have no fully developed and price-competitive mass production vehicle

    available," Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer told the Berliner Zeitung

    newspaper on May 17.

    Despite the Mini E's exuberant performance, the German car industry has been

    accused of moving far too slowly to develop viable alternative-drive and electric

    vehicles that can help tackle environmental problems.

    Moving out into the fast lane of the A100 motorway that threads through Berlin's

    southern suburbs, the Mini E from German automotive giant BMW seems like a

    sensible, modest city car -- but not for long.

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    Stepping on the accelerator pedal produces, in contrast to any normalvehicle, no noise, only speed. Lots of it. The cheeky little roadster surges

    forward with disarming, effortless alacrity. Driving it is, well, electric.

    Appearances are deceptive, however. Despite the Mini E's exuberant

    performance, the German car industry has been accused of moving far too

    slowly to develop viable alternative-drive and electric vehicles that can help

    tackle the twin problems of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and city

    pollution.

    "We still have no fully developed and price-competitive mass production

    vehicle available," Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer told the Berliner

    Zeitung newspaper on May 17.

    To that end the national platform set up seven committees to drivegovernment-industry cooperation, each representing an area of technology,

    from batteries to integration of electricity networks, although no major

    promise of state funding for any of them was made.

    The government says that since early 2009, over 500 million euros (US$665

    million) of state money has flowed into research and development of electric

    vehicles.

    Since 2009 the car industry itself has been active in two major pilot projects

    in Berlin, which seek to build experience of how electric vehicles would work

    in the real world.

    The first, which involves the BMW Mini E, is run by energy provider

    Vattenfall, and has let 50 of the vehicles loose on the public with the proviso

    that they report their findings.

    A similar system is operated by Daimler and utility RWE, with a

    battery-powered Smart car as the test vehicle.

    In each system, the participant gets a car and a charging device installed in

    their home, to which the vehicle gets connected for recharging.

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    The Mini E needs about 4 hours for a full charge, which Vattenfall has designated

    to come exclusively from wind energy, a renewable source of which there is

    plenty in blustery northern Germany. In this way the CO2 reducing effects of

    driving an electric vehicle are maximized.

    "In normal commuter use, there are plenty of our test users who say they only

    have to recharge the car once every three days," Vattenfall spokesman Andreas

    Weber told the German Press Agency dpa.

    But the range limitations of electric car batteries -- less than 200 kilometers on a

    single charge -- are still the major hurdle that needs to be overcome.

    Another is the convenience -- or lack of it -- of finding somewhere to charge thecar: If you don't have a garage to put your car in, where do you charge it up?

    Weber says that the next stage of the pilot project will involve street-mounted

    loading columns that will allow inner-city apartment dwellers to connect their cars

    to the grid.

    The National Electric Mobility Platform is to present a report by the end of 2010. It

    will then be seen, if, as claimed by Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle, that

    Germany can "re-invent the automobile for the 21st century."

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    High Growth Anticipated in Taiwans

    Auto-Parts ProductionDate:3/25/2010

    The lower-tariff cross-strait automobile trade after the signing of ECFA will in

    turn increase the production value of Taiwans auto-parts supply chain.

    The cross-Taiwan Strait automobile makers have agreed recently that after the

    cross-strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is signed,

    minibuses will enjoy zero tariff. Estimated from the 25% cap on importedautomobiles in both markets, China will be able to sell 10,000 cars to Taiwan

    and from Taiwan 100,000 cars to China annually, which will in turn increase the

    production value of Taiwans auto-parts supply chain to exceed NT$100 billion

    (US$33 billion).

    The Chinese government has promoted a series of subsidy policies since 2009

    to stimulate a rapid growth of the new cars market. 1,340 new cars were

    estimated to have been sold in 2009, with an annual growth rate of 43%.

    According to calculations of the China Association of Automobile

    Manufacturers, the average automobile price in China is RMB$80,000 and the

    per capita income has also exceeded US$3,000. It has been anticipated that

    Chinas automobile market will maintain a high growth rate of 15% in the next

    two years.

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    India and China Car Sales Race Higher

    Date:4/14/2010

    Car sales in emerging market giants India and China roared ahead in March as newly affluent

    consumers flocked to showrooms in the buoyant Asian economies, figures showed on April 9.

    March passenger car sales in India leapt 20 percent to 155,600 units from a year ago, while in

    neighboring China they soared 63.2 percent to 1.26 million units over the same period.

    "Underlying strong economic growth in both countries is really pushing the markets," Paul Newtonat London-based IHS Global Insight told AFP.

    Global automakers have been steering to China and India, the world's two fastest-growing major

    economies, as sales in most developed countries slumped in the fallout of the global financial

    crisis.

    Government stimulus packages in both Asian nations, along with cheap financing and new model

    launches have helped drive demand among increasingly well-off consumers.

    India's total domestic passenger car sales for the fiscal year which ended in March climbed by 25

    percent to 1.53 million units from the previous 12-month period, according to the Society of Indian

    Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).

    Last year marked the fastest pace of growth in six years but SIAM President Pawan Goenka said

    the "exceptionally high" rise for last year could be attributed to depressed year-earlier figures when

    India and the rest of the world were gripped by the economic downturn.

    India's strong sales have made it the second fastest-growing vehicle market after China.

    But India's performance is dwarfed by Chinese sales which soared more than 45 percent last year

    to 13.64 million units even as many other markets in the world posted negative growth.

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    China's vehicle market "is growing furiously" said Global Insight's Newton, with auto sales greased

    by Beijing's slashing of consumption tax on small vehicles and subsidies for consumers replacing old

    cars.

    "In China, you have a government that is really supporting the auto market," Newton said.

    The Chinese data for March released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers came

    as the country's biggest automaker, SAIC Motor, forecast first-quarter net profit would leap by more

    than 300 percent year-on-year, according to the state-run People's Daily Online.

    But in both India and China, analysts say rising raw material costs pose worries for the sector. Iron

    ore producers have been raising prices steeply, pushing up the cost of steel -- a key vehicle

    component.

    "There are some headwinds going forward with rising raw material costs which will add to ownership

    cost," Vaishali Jajoo at Mumbai's Angel Broking told AFP.

    In India, the government has also raised excise duties on cars as part of a gradual unwinding of fiscal

    stimulus and, with domestic inflation running at close to 10 percent, the central bank is expected to

    hike borrowing costs.

    The Indian automobile association said it expected sales growth to taper to between 10 and 14

    percent in the year to March 2011. Slower double-digit growth up to the mid-teens was also seen forChina, analysts said.

    Still, low automobile penetration in India and China, where many consumers are buying their first

    cars, is expected to keep the market solidly underpinned and make the nation a lucrative destination

    for global automakers.

    The U.S. auto giant General Motors, the biggest foreign automaker in China, reported March sales in

    the country soared 68 percent from a year earlier to a record 230,048 units, while its first-quartersales were up 71 percent from a year earlier to 623,546 units.

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    India's Auto Sales Bolstered 50% in

    January 2010 on YearendDate:3/10/2010

    India's auto sales surged 50.2 percent compared to a slow January in 2009 and

    thanks to accelerated buying in anticipation of rising taxes and interest rates.

    Sales of passenger cars rose 32.3 percent to 145,905 units while commercial

    vehicle sales zoomed 130.8 percent to 53,447 vehicles, the Society of IndianAutomobile Manufacturers said on February 9, 2010. Sales of other passenger

    vehicles, like utility vehicles, rose 54.0 percent, to 41,700 units.

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    Japanese Electric Car Makes Record

    1000-Kilometer Trip without

    Rechar e Date: 5/27/2010

    Members of the Japan Electric Vehicle Club succeeded in driving an electric

    car for a record 1,003.18 kilometers without recharging the vehicle's battery,

    media reports said on May 24.

    The car, powered by a lithium-ion battery system developed by Sanyo Electric

    Co, was driven for 27 hours at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour at a test on theweekend of May 22-23 on a racing course in Shimotsuma in the east-central

    prefecture of Ibaraki.

    Seventeen drivers took turns in the record attempt, the Kyodo News agency

    reported. The club broke its own record of last year of 555.6 kilometers and

    said it planned to ask Guinness World Records to recognize its achievement.

    Sanyo is the world's largest maker of rechargeable batteries. The company

    said this month that it was to supply carmaker Suzuki Motor Corp with battery

    systems for its hybrid cars.

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    Smaller-Size, Electric Cars Reign at

    Detroit Auto ShowDate: 2/11/2010

    The Detroit Auto Show held in mid-January 2010 was dominated by electric, hybrid

    and small cars, grabbing center stage at the Detroit auto show in mid-January 2010,

    as the industry adapts to a world reshaped by the Great Recession and

    environmental worries.

    The event demonstrated just how automakers are responding to this new reality.

    Ford wants to build on its success in midsize sedans and re-ignite its small car sales,while Hyundai aims to extend last year's triumph in budget-conscious models. GM

    and Chrysler will start fresh with electric vehicles but also try to boost their small-car

    credibility. Toyota hopes to solidify its dominance in hybrids.

    The new crop of models must be successful if automakers are to reverse last year's

    21 percent sales plunge. Mounting job losses, GM and Chrysler's bankruptcy filings

    and the death of several iconic brands sent sales skidding to their lowest level since

    1982.

    Americans feel less wealthy -- and more certain that the trend toward higher fuel

    prices remains a threat. It's a change U.S. automakers were slow to embrace -- and

    it cost them the last two years as gas prices surged and consumers stopped

    spending. Most Japanese and European car makers were also caught in the sales

    downdraft, even though they depended less on pickup trucks.

    In 2010, with frugality embedded in drivers' minds, automakers want to show off new

    versions of smaller, less expensive cars, many of which get 40 mpg (17 kpl) onhighways. That also appeals to motorists concerned about climate change.

    The show isn't exclusively about small cars. Detroit automakers also tried to revive

    1960s-style car passion with muscle cars, a niche that's doing well.

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    Compared with last year's stripped-down affair, the show offered more glitter. GM

    had an elevated floor for new cars, a change from 2009's carpet-over-concrete that

    was just about everywhere.

    One big display was a 37,000-square-foot (3,400-sq. meter) "Electric Avenue" on

    the main floor, featuring 20 vehicles that run on kilowatts instead of gasoline.Electrics were shown last year, but shared the spotlight with cars powered by

    conventional engines.

    "Last year we had that 'sky-is-falling' mentality, and everybody was running for

    cover," says Doug Fox, an Ann Arbor, Michigan, car dealer and chairman of this

    year's show, officially called the North American International Auto Show. "We are

    seeing a little more investment made in the actual exhibits than last year."

    Although auto sales improved at the end of 2009, the 41 new vehicles unveiled at

    this year's show were down from last year's 50.

    That's because Chrysler LLC, which normally shows five or six new vehicles, had

    no debuts, and GM had fewer new vehicles because it is shedding the Pontiac,

    Hummer, Saturn and Saab brands.

    Here are some key trends at this year's Detroit auto show:

    1. Small is Big

    Small cars and smaller SUVs -- called crossovers -- made up only 21 percent of

    U.S. sales in 2003. But last year, they rose to 32 percent and are expected to grow

    to 36 percent in 2013.

    General Motors Co. showed off the new Chevrolet Aveo subcompact. The Aveo

    has been given a more powerful engine, and a lower grille and 19-inch tires for atougher appearance. The four-door Aveo, along with Ford Motor Co.'s new Focus

    and Chevrolet Spark minicar, will be part of a small-car blitz. All three will get near

    40 mpg (17 kpl) on the highway.

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    "The new paradigm of the American passenger car is no longer great, big

    rear-wheel-drive luxobarges," says Aaron Bragman, an auto analyst for the

    consulting firm IHS Global Insight in Troy, Michigan "It's small, efficient and

    upscale."

    2.Electric Buzz Gets Louder

    Much of the show's buzz came from electric vehicles, which have jumped off the

    drawing board and onto the convention floor. Several big automakers plan to sell

    them in late 2010, giving the broader public its first chance to buy cars that rely

    more on electrical outlets than gas pumps.

    The big draw is the chance to stop burning gas and drive a more environmentally

    friendly car, but the cars are expensive.

    Nissan Motor Co.'s rechargeable Leaf, due in showrooms late this year, will make

    its first appearance inside a U.S. auto show. The Leaf is purely electric, using just a

    rechargeable battery for power. But its expected cost is about US$30,000.

    Chevrolet's Volt, unveiled three years ago and for sale this fall, made a

    reappearance at the show. It costs about US$40,000, although there are up to

    US$7,500 in tax credits available.

    China's BYD Co. LTD, which has the backing of billionaire investor Warren Buffett,

    showed the F3DM plug-in hybrid compact sedan and the new e6 that could come to

    the U.S. late this year.

    Among the Europeans, BMW AG unveiled an electric concept car. Toyota, whose

    Prius has dominated gas-electric hybrid sales across the globe, showed a new

    hybrid car.

    Unlike the last few years, Chinese automakers largely skipped the show, perhapsbecause they're focusing on their own country's explosive sales growth. Still, any

    car maker that wants to grow must focus on the U.S., where Asian manufacturers

    collectively grabbed a bigger chunk of the market than Detroit manufacturers for the

    first time last year.

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    One floor below the main level, people could ride with a professional driver in

    electric cars on a tree-lined course, another sign of the dramatic transition from

    internal combustion engines to electric.

    3.Swing Back to 60s Muscle

    Muscle cars, while a small part of the market, sold relatively well last year with

    the Mustang outdueling the Camaro for the top sales spot. Each automaker

    sold more than 60,000 of the cars.

    Ford put a bigger, more powerful V-8 into the Mustang, while GM showed a

    Chevrolet Camaro convertible muscle car and a sporty GS version of the Buick

    Regal midsize sedan.

    New designs for both small and performance cars generally are followingtrends toward smaller windows and higher door lines that rise from the hood to

    rear. Side and hood creases in the sheet metal are designed to make cars

    appear as they are moving even while still.

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    Taiwan Government Enhances

    Lithium Battery R&D for Electric

    Vehicles

    Date: 2/24/2010

    The Taiwan government has been drafting a technology project to counsel

    domestic electric vehicle makers to focus on developing the technologies of

    lithium battery.

    To raise the competitiveness of the industry of lithium battery for electric

    vehicles (EVs) in Taiwan, besides increasing subsidy for the research anddevelopment of lithium battery, the Taiwan government has been drafting a

    technology project, aiming to counsel domestic EV makers to focus on

    developing the technologies of lithium battery, such as accelerating the

    charging speed and improving batterys safety.

    According to Nomura companys estimates, the demand for lithium battery will

    expand with the growth of the EV industry, and by 2015 the scale of the global

    EV lithium battery market can reach US$12.3 billion.

    The US government has also predicted that the market shares of EVs in the

    global automobile market will reach 6% by 2015 and 11% by 2020.

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    Taiwan to Step Up Development of

    Clean Tech and Electric VehiclesDate: 1/28/2010

    The Taiwan government will collaborate with the private sector to accelerate the

    development of clean technology and electric vehicles.

    The Taiwan government will collaborate with the private sector to quicken the pace

    of developing green technology by capitalizing on Taiwan's development potential,

    Taiwan's top economic planner, the Council for Economic Planning and

    Development (CEPD) said on Jan. 11.

    The CEPD came up with the proposal after McKinsey & Co. suggested that the

    United States and China, as the top two largest energy users, importers and

    polluters, should jointly develop electric vehicles, concentrated photovoltaic and

    carbon capture and storage (CCS) devices, among other emerging green tech

    innovations in order to help curb global climate change.

    McKinsey & Co., a global management consulting firm, predicted that if the U.S.could invest US$50 billion and China could invest US$28 billion by 2030 to

    collaborate on developing electric cars, then by that time, the market share would

    account for 46 percent of the U.S. vehicle market, and the car would have a market

    share of 62 percent in China.

    That would result in a reduction of 18 percent in U.S. oil imports and a reduction of

    16 percent in Chinese oil imports, according to McKinsey & Co.

    Facing the shared global challenges of climate

    Taiwan's electric vehicle parts makers have been tapping into the global market,

    while the electric vehicle sector has been listed by the government as one of six

    emerging industries for priority development, according to the CEPD.

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    In keeping with the growing global trend of the concentrated photovoltaic

    industry, about 70 Taiwanese concentrated PV companies have invested in the

    upstream, midstream and downstream chains of the industry, providing a

    complete industry supply chain and creating a niche for Taiwan, the CEPD

    added.

    The development of the CCS technology in Taiwan is still in the early stages

    and the Ministry of Economic Affairs will form an alliance of CCS technology

    research and development aimed at developing Taiwan's own technology and

    catching up with international progress in CCS technology research, according

    to the CEPD.

    Facing the shared global challenges of climate change, Taiwan has a

    responsibility to cut carbon emissions, the CEPD added.

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    Taiwans Tong Yang Group Grabs the

    Chinese Auto Aftersales MarketDate: 3/18/2010

    The Taiwanese Tong Yang Group has actively dived into the automobile

    aftersales market as it anticipates the Chinese market to grow explosively in 5

    years.

    Taiwans Tong Yang Group has anticipated that Chinas automobile aftersales

    market (AM) would grow explosively in five years and thus has actively dived

    into the production of AM products. Tong Yang has accelerated the building ofnew factories in Nanjing, hoping to grab large shares of the fast-growing

    aftersales market.

    Tong Yang has been cultivating its auto-parts OEM market in China for years.

    As the Chinese auto market went into a fast-growth period in 2001, its

    aftersales maintenance market has also gone into a growth phase since 2006.

    Tong Yang as a result has been aggressively seizing this market.

    According to statistics from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle

    Manufacturers (OICA), China produced 13.64 million automobiles last year,

    surpassing the 10.43 million made by the US to become the largest auto sales

    country in the world. Chinas sales volume is expected to reach around 15

    million this year, with a growth rate of 10%.

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    Taiwans Yulon and Chinas Dongfeng

    to Co-develop Electric BusesDate: 12/31/2009

    Taiwans largest auto maker Yulon Group has confirmed that it has signed an

    agreement with Chinas third biggest auto maker Dongfeng Motor to co-develop

    medium to large-size electric buses and tourist coaches.

    Yulon has announced recently that it would form a joint venture with Dongfeng

    to assemble and sell Luxgens passenger cars in China, which includemulti-purpose vans (MPV), sport utility vehicles (SUV), sedans and

    sub-compact cars.

    Yulon expresses that after the joint venture is formed, Dongfeng Hangzhou

    Motor Co., Ltd., which at the moment produces 30,000 medium to large-size

    buses annually, will begin to sell electric buses to realize the Chinese

    governments 10 Cities with 1000 Vehicles Each Policy and to put

    alternative-fuel vehicles on the roads of 13 major cities in China as soon as

    possible, covering Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Dalian and Hangzhou.

    Note: 10 Cities with 1000 Vehicles Each Policy was brought up by the

    Chinese government in 2008 which selects more than 10 cities in China each

    year to put at least 1000 alternative-fuel public or government-owned vehicles

    on the road. This policy is being implemented for three consecutive years.

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    Taiwan's Own Auto Brand LUXGEN

    Shines in DubaiDate: 2/3/2010

    The Taiwanese auto-maker Yulon Group's own brand LUXGEN has shone

    brightly at the 2009 Dubai Motor Show.

    Riding on the global wave of green energy and environmental protection, the

    Taiwanese auto-maker Yulon Groups own brand LUXGEN has shone brightly

    at the Dubai Motor Show held at the end of 2009. The company displayed

    LUXGEN7 MPV, LUXGEN7 SUV, LUXGEN7 CEO and the electric vehicleLUXGEN EV+, which attracted endless streams of people.

    LUXGENs general manager K. C. Hu pointed out that LUXGEN EV+ was the

    center of the show attention, because it produces zero-pollution. It is especially

    special because whether it be the Dubai Motor Show or the 2010 Taipei

    International Auto Parts and Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) to be held in

    April, LUXGEN EV+ is the only car on display that can be driven and moved

    around.

    Many distributors in the Middle East have already inquired about possible

    collaborative opportunities in the future. Hu further stated that Dubai was

    LUXGENs first step toward the global market and a gigantic stride for Taiwans

    own brand and automobile industry.

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    Thailand Could Be a Top-Ten

    Automaker by 2014Date: 6/15/2010

    Thailand may become one of the world's top 10 automotive manufacturers in

    2014, with an expected capacity of 2.95 million units, according to the Thailand

    Automotive Institute.

    Director Wallop Tiasiri noted that one major hindrance blocking Thailand from this

    achievement is the labor shortage. To accommodate the higher capacity, the

    industry will need an additional 150,000 workers, he said.

    After the institute's board meeting, chaired by Industry Permanent Secretary

    Witoon Simachokdee, Wallop said on June 4 that there was a consensus that the

    automotive industry will show continued expansion. While the capacity will rise to

    2.95 million units in 2014, the actual output will hit 2.1 million, thanks to the

    investment in five ecocar projects as well as expansion of other projects.

    Thailand is now the 13th largest auto producer, and with the higher capacity itsranking will surpass those of Spain, Canada and Mexico.

    Opportunities abound for all partsmakers, but all concerned expect labor

    shortages, as other industries will also be in need of more workers. The

    partsmakers also have to contest with automotive manufacturers over workers. At

    present, partsmakers need to pay at least US$9.2 as a daily wage.

    The automotive industry now employs 450,000 workers: 95,000 in the assemblyplants and 355,000 in the partsmaking facilities.

    According to Wallop, the institute estimates that an additional 150,000 workers

    will be required to support the higher capacity in 2014.

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    The Office of Industrial Economics has urged the establishment of a training

    centre. Under the JapanThai Economic Partnership Agreement (Jtepa), Japan

    is committed to support the "train the trainers" program.

    Wallop noted that worker efficiency must be enhanced, while many automakers

    may opt for greater use of robots. Japan, where 10 million cars are producedper annum, employs only 700,000 workers.

    In 2010, Thailand expects to see output rise to 1.6 million units. Now orders are

    piling up. The institute also believes that output will rise 15 percent next year,

    above the normal annualized growth rate of 10 percent, thanks to the

    introduction of new models like ecocars.

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    The Global Development Trend of

    Electric VehiclesDate:3/30/2010

    The global sales volume of electric vehicles is predicted to exceed 5 million by

    2015. According to estimates by major international automobile manufacturers

    and research institutes, the global sales volume of electric vehicles (EVs) will

    exceed 5 million by 2015. The proportion of the more eco-friendly plug-in hybrid

    electric vehicle (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicle (BEV) on the overall EVs

    will also greatly increase from the current less-than 3% to 26%.

    BEVs at the moment are still dominated by the NI-MH battery-equipped BEVs.

    As the production cost of lithium battery decreases and the productivity rises,

    lithium battery-equipped BEVs are expected to replace NI-MH battery-equipped

    BEVs before 2012. BEVs production is projected to break the one million-unit

    mark by 2015, but will not be able to overtake regular hybrid electric vehicles

    until after 2020.

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    The US Auto Market Is Recovering

    Date: 6/10/2010

    The American Auto News reported on April 1 that the auto sales volume in the

    US increased 24% to 1,066,339 units in March compared with the figures of a

    year earlier.

    In particular, the financial situation of the three major US auto makers has

    improved, and the auto manufacturing and auto-parts industries are recovering.

    Ford announced lately that the company made US$2.1 billion worth of profit in

    the first quarter of 2010. General Motor has also invested US$890 million in five

    factories around the country. Chrysler has reduced its loss as well.

    The well-known market research organization Global Insight has predicted that

    the US economy will recover to its normal level by the end of 2010. The auto

    sales volume in the US is expected to reach 14 million units in 2011 and return

    to the level of 17 million units in the past within ten years.

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    Two Major Auto Infotainment Systems

    Officially at War at 2010 CESDate: 1/21/2010

    The 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas

    was in fact a major automakers battlefield. Two brand new auto infotainment

    systems, which allow drivers and passengers to use hand-free phone,

    text-message, and listen to music through voice-identifying system as well as

    connect to iPhone and other mobile phone related equipment, were officially at

    war at the show.

    Not to let Fords SYNC system get too far ahead, KIA and Microsoft jointly

    announced their co-developed UVO or your-voice system at 2010 CES.

    Through the UVO system, drivers and passengers can make phone calls and

    control auto stereo system by voice. The UVO system at the earliest will be

    launched in 2011 to compete against Fords SYNC in the auto market.

    UVO will be equipped in KIAs Sorento in 2011 and the price has not been set.

    Ford on the other hand has revealed that SYNC will be on Fusion and F-150 by

    the end of this year at a price of US$400.

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    U.S. Partnerships Sought to Develop

    Taiwans Electric CarsDate: 6/24/2010

    Taiwan is seeking joint ventures with U.S. entrepreneurs, as part of its efforts to

    become a test center for electric vehicles, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)

    said on June 20.

    As part of its efforts in this direction, the MOEA said, it will host an automobile

    industry forum and exhibition on June 21-22 in the U.S. port city of Detroit, which is

    known as the automotive center of the world.

    The main aim of the event is to foster collaboration between U.S. and Taiwan

    automakers to develop electric vehicles, the ministry said.

    A delegation of Taiwanese business executives, led by Vice Minister of Economic

    Affairs Huang Chung-chiou, headed for Detroit on June 19 to attend the forum and

    provide information on potential investment opportunities in Taiwan's electric car

    industry.

    Huang told the Central News Agency prior to his departure that Taiwan is eyeing

    long-term development goals in its search for collaboration or joint-venture

    partnerships with major U.S. automakers.

    Huang said that when he visits the U.S. auto giants GM and Ford, he will brief them

    on the business opportunities that will open up in Taiwan after the cross-Taiwan

    Strait economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) is signed this year.

    At the forum, some 49 innovative products developed in Taiwan for assembled

    electric vehicles and key vehicle modules will be put on display to show potential

    U.S. investors Taiwan's R&D achievements in the field, he said.

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    "The two-day exhibition is expected to attract more than 100 North American

    auto executives," Huang said.

    Meanwhile, Lin Chuan-neng, deputy director of the MOEA's Department of

    Industrial Technology, said Taiwan has set its sight on the Chinese and U.S.

    electric vehicle markets.

    "We will focus on the fields in which we have a competitive edge, such as

    vehicle testing and examination and technological innovation," Lin said.

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    US Congress Offers Grants & Credits

    for Electric CarsDate:6/2/2010

    The US federal government would provide grants to help cities build the

    infrastructure needed to support electric vehicles and to offer new tax credits for

    buyers of those cars under legislation introduced on May 27 in Congress.

    The bills in the House and Senate are designed to smooth the way for the electric

    vehicles that are expected to start showing up at car dealerships in large numbers

    this fall. Supporters hope to add 700,000 vehicles to the road that are poweredlargely by electricity in the next several years.

    The legislation will lead to "broad-based deployment of electric vehicles in this

    country," said Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, one of the main sponsors of the

    Senate version that has an overall cost of US$10 billion.

    The government has several programs to spur the development of vehicles that

    use little or no gasoline. That includes federal tax credits of up to US$7,500 for thepurchase of an electric vehicle and up to US$25 billion in loans earmarked for

    manufacturers of alternative fuel technologies.

    The Senate bill would allow up to 15 municipalities and cities to apply to the

    Department of Energy for grants of up to US$250 million to build infrastructure

    such as public recharging stations. The House version offers US$800 million to

    five communities.

    The Senate would let buyers in those areas to take an additional US$2,500 credit

    for the purchase of an electric vehicle, bringing the total credit to US$10,000. The

    House version gives a credit of up to US$2,000 for electric vehicle owners to buy

    and install charging equipment.

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    The Senate version also proposes US$1.5 billion for research with the goal of

    inventing technology such as a battery that can go 500 miles on a single

    charge.

    Most electric vehicles rely on batteries rather than gasoline engines for power,

    though some hybrids combine the two. The batteries are recharged by

    connecting the vehicle to an electrical outlet.

    While most home owners could plug their car into a wall outlet, city dwellers

    would have a harder time finding ways to recharge their cars since few towns

    and urban areas have a network of public charging stations.

    This is considered a major obstacle for the widespread adoption of electric

    vehicles, which are ideal for city drivers, who usually take shorter trips that

    would not exhaust the relatively short range of the batteries.

    Chevy Volt, for example, which General Motors plans to sell in November, can

    get up to 40 miles (65 kilometers) on the battery before a small gas engine

    kicks in to recharge it. The Nissan Leaf, a purely electric vehicle expected to be

    sold by the end of the year, can travel up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) before

    needing to be plugged in.

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