Green Options » BenBen http://greenoptions.com/tag/benben Posts tagged 'BenBen' Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en China Company Changan and Electrovaya to Launch Electric Cars in Canada by End of Year http://gas2.org/2008/11/04/china-company-changan-and-electrovaya-to-launch-electric-cars-in-canada-by-end-of-year/ http://gas2.org/2008/11/04/china-company-changan-and-electrovaya-to-launch-electric-cars-in-canada-by-end-of-year/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:36:58 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2008/11/04/china-company-changan-and-electrovaya-to-launch-electric-cars-in-canada-by-end-of-year/

Chinese car maker Changan announced today that it will launch electric cars in Canada before the end of 2008. The cars, developed jointly with Canadian company Electrovaya, could be the first sold by a Chinese company in North America.

The fleet of 30 electric vehicles (EVs) have been under development since May, and are based on one of Changan’s exisiting compact models, the BenBen, fitted with an Electrovaya powertrain. For the time being, the cars will be assembled and distributed in Canada, but in the long term Changan intends to develop the EVs entirely in China, before shipping to North America.

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