Beijing’s plan will change little on the ground and offers a slim chance to become the starting point in talks to avert a trade war with Washington.
Ford Motor said Tuesday that it planned to offer 15 new models in China by 2025 that run at least in part on batteries.
GAC Motor wants to lead an export push as China prepares the rest of its auto industry to go global and, in particular, target the American market.
As the House of Representatives weighs a repeal, automakers are gathering in China, a country demanding they sell more electric cars.
As the House of Representatives weighs a repeal, automakers are gathering in China, a country demanding they sell more electric cars.
The biggest automakers in the world are being forced to follow Beijing’s lead as China takes steps to dominate in electric vehicles and technology.
As the country joins others taking aim at combustion engines, Mary Barra of G.M. said customers, not government rules, should choose car technologies.
G.M., Ford and Volkswagen are increasingly working on new energy vehicles in a country with a history of using what it learns to set up rivals.
Top energy policy makers and corporate leaders say it will be challenging to meet even the deal’s modest goals to reduce emissions and greenhouse gases.
The billionaire investor announced that he had agreed to buy a 9.89 percent stake in BYD, which plans to sell electric cars in the United States by 2010.