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China to boost electric cars with 30% Government EV fleet

The BYD E6 EV (pictured) will benefit from China’s push on EVs The UK government has just announced its commitment to use electric cars for its own vehicles in an effort to boost the take-up of EVs, but China is going even further. China has ordered government officials to start buying electric cars (that means BEVs, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell cars) in a big way, with instructions that 30 per cent of government cars must fall in to the ‘New Energy’ category by 2017, and an even higher percentage going forward. The aim is to cut pollution, and China expects to have 5 million New Energy cars on the road by 2020 and it is urging it government agencies and some city governments to start buying New Energy vehicles from Chinese makers like BYD and SDAIC, but also instructing them to build more charging stations and supporting infrastructure.

Renault Mégane Renaultsport 250 (2009): first UK details

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 15 October 2009 14:00 Renault today confirmed the full spec of UK-bound hot Méganes. The new Mégane Renaultsport 250 will cost from £21,995 and – like other Renaultsport models – will be available in regular and Cup specs. For wimps or wheelmen, you could say.The 'regular' Mégane Renaultsport will cost £1000 more, adding leather trim, heated and electrically adjusted driver's seat, dual-zone climate control and automatic wipers.

Saab 9-3 restarts production in Trollh

Would you look at that? They started building Saabs again. A bright future, perhaps, for the Sick Carmaker Of Europe, who after its excision from General Motors and dalliances with the Swedish government and the Dutch, was snapped up by an Asian conglomerate billing itself as National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS).