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Ford Motor Company F NYSE Thursday announced ambitious plans for electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles specially designed for the Chinese market It also plans to introduce a range of electric vehicles by 2025.
China is already the world's largest market for electric vehicles, according to the China Society of Automotive Engineers, the so-called new energy vehicles are expected to represent over 15 pc of total passenger vehicle sales in the country by 2025.
Ford said it would launch its first hybrid that is made locally with Changan, the Mondeo Energi sedan early next year, it will begin manufacturing electric vehicle powertrains to China by 2020, and he also hopes Nanjing expand its Center for research and engineering to better meet the needs of Chinese customers.
The electric deployment is logical given the mandate set by the Chinese government to encourage the development and sale of electric vehicles, next ambitious targets for the limits of the vehicle fuel economy and emissions, as well as grants available for car manufacturers who adopt alternative, clean fuel systems.
One advantage of this hybrid is that it allows users to harness the power of the battery for shorter trips in town and gas for longer trips, it will feature a range of electric drive up to 50 kilometers, the rapid torque on demand, seamless acceleration and quiet operation, said a company statement If the battery Mondeo Energi is small, it can easily be charged at home or in the office will be built in China by the joint venture Changan Ford with LED lights Hybrid Mondeo has a lithium-ion battery 4 1 kilowatt hour, which is smaller and lighter than the previous battery that period, Ford plans to offer a variant of hybrid electric car and plug-in hybrid 70 of the range sold in China.
Picture Ford Mondeo Energi to introduce in China by 2018.
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