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GAC China had visited Detroit Auto Show with the electric crossover.
Chinese automaker Guangzhou Automobile Group Company GAC posted three crossover SUV at the Auto Show in Detroit, including an electric battery model named GE3.
This is the second time in the last three years, the company had a display at the show, and is the first time a Chinese car company was on the main floor exhibit of the show rather than in the basement.
GAC said it expects to enter the U S market over the next three years, following the opening of a center for research and development or in California or Michigan Motor Trend reported.
The company believes it can become the first Chinese automaker to enter the U S market, according to company president Feng Xingya.
For the export of our products that I hope it will be by 2018, he told reporters through a translator.
But undoubtedly, we will export our products in the U no S 2019 at the latest.
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Using the name of the Trumpchi brand, GE3 will go on sale in China in June.
The compact size GE3 is slightly smaller than Bolt new all-electric Chevrolet and a little larger than the Nissan Leaf EV.
A permanent magnet synchronous electric motor rated at 161 horsepower and torque 214 pound-feet directs power to the front wheels via a single speed transmission.
The motor receives electricity from a lithium-ion battery of 47 kWh which provides about 135 miles of real world driving range, and can be charged up to 80 percent in less than 30 minutes during the use of rapid charging system, the company said.
Also seen was the concept crossover Trumpchi EnSpirit with a hybrid powertrain plug-in, with a style fabric roof like a four-door coupe.
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The most likely vehicle to reach our shores is the first all-wheel-GS7 five passenger SUV that's about the size of a Ford Edge and goes on sale in China next month.
The GS7 uses a turbo 2 0 liter four-cylinder with 198 horsepower and torque 236 pound-feet and an automatic transmission with six speeds.
Whatever vehicle comes first, it must comply with the safety standards and U S emissions, no Chinese carmaker has been able to accomplish.
GAC partners with Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota in China and delivered 380,000 vehicles last year, making it the number five Chinese brands in the domestic market.
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