China plans to boost its annual production of electric and hybrid autos to 500,000 in the next two years from just 2,100 last year. However, Chinese autos are not yet safe enough for US markets.

Some overseas mediae report that Chinese autos continue to fail miserably on safety tests. The reputation for quality is even worse for Chinese rechargeable lithium ion batteries, which have to be proven safe and reliable before hitting mainstream markets. According to SAIC reveals that it is turning to American technology suppliers to engineer its hybrid. SAIC is planning to use batteries from Massachusetts-based A123 Systems and parts from Michigan-based Delphi Corp. China could eventually solve its safety and quality problems, but that could take a decade or more.

China faces an uphill battle to boost its electric and hybrid production capacity by any significant percentage. And the bigger issues of safety and cost will take many years. Meanwhile, Japan and South Korea—countries with powerful and mature auto industries and trustworthy battery-manufacturing capacities—are well on their way to making hybrid and all-electric vehicles by the millions.

Source : english.chinabuses.com

Editor : Frederick

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