Kunming's city government in southern China announced that the city plans to build 122 charging stations and 35,800 distributed charging piles for electric cars by 2020.

Telsa knows that even if it can sell its cars in China, nobody will by them if there are no means by which to readily recharge the cars' electric batteries.

Chinese automaker Chery Automobile has released its first 100% electric vehicle, Riich M1-EV, at the 25th World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition held in Shenzhen.

According to U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, Chinese electric-car manufacturer BYD Company is expected to play a key role in the future of new energy technology.

Hu Maoyuan, the president of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, has disclosed to local media that SAIC Group will invest CNY6 billion over the next two years for research and development on new energy vehicles.