Big Chery Has Big Electric Plans: Will They Prove too Ambitious?
Well, nobody can accuse Wuhi, China-based Chery Automobile of a lack of ambition. The company plans to bring three electric vehicles and two hybrid-electric cars to the market by next year, director Yin Tongyue told the Xinkuai Newspaper (hat tip Gasgoo.com and AutoblogGreen). But it could prove more difficult to turn electric concept vehicles into real production vehicles than Chery expects. After all, other ambitious companies have taken longer to mass produce new electric cars, from the time they unveiled their concepts, and delays have been a common occurrence. Tesla Motors suffered several well-publicized delays in the delivery of its first electric car, the Roadster, due to transmission troubles. The company had delivered only 300 of the sports cars by early this month, according to the Los Angeles Times. Venturi, which originally intended to begin production of its Fetish sports car in 2007, now plans to deliver the first Fetish in June. And Phoenix Motorcars, after two years tr
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