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Based on information from dealers, Chinese media recently reported that the Dongfeng Nissan Pathfinder is expected to be produced in China in 2022. And the sales are expected to start at the end of this year. These pieces of information were confirmed as China National Intellectual Property Administration released a set of patent images of the car.

We can see the new car looks no different from the previously unveiled Nissan Pathfinder overseas. It will be an intense competition against Toyota Highlander, Volkswagen Tourang, and Ford Explorer in the future.

In terms of power, it is equipped with a 3.5L V6 engine with a maximum power of 214.8kW (288hp) and a peak torque of 351N·m. At the same time, the future Chinese version will most likely use a 2.0T four-cylinder engine mated to a 9-speed manual gearbox because China penalizes big engines with big taxes.

Since the launch of the Infiniti QX60, there have been many rumors of Pathfinder’s introduction into China. And now, with the appearance of the patent drawings, it may come true soon. We all look forward to it.

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Nissan"s first electric sedan designed for China began production Monday at the start of a wave of dozens of planned lower-cost electrics being created by global automakers for their biggest market.

Manufacturers including General Motors and Volkswagen are poised this year to launch a flood of electric sedans, minivans and SUVs designed for Chinese tastes and budgets. Nissan, Tesla, GM and others sell imports or electrified versions of models made by Chinese partners, but the market is dominated by low-cost local rivals including BYD Auto.

China"s government sees electric cars as a promising industry and a way to clean up its smog-choked cities. Government subsidies have built China into the biggest market for electrics, but Beijing is shifting the burden to automakers with sales quotas and tougher fuel efficiency standards.

The Sylphy costs 166,000 yuan ($25,850) after government subsidies, or just over half the sticker price of the Chinese version of the Leaf sold by Nissan and Dongfeng"s joint venture Venucia brand. Nissan says the Sylphy can go 338 kilometers (210 miles) on a charge.

"We"re confident that the Sylphy Zero Emission rolling off the production line today will become a main player in the EV market," said Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa. "We"re going to roll out a range of EVs that will appeal to customers within all market segments."

Sales quotas that take effect next year require every brand to sell electrics or buy credits from competitors that do. That puts pressure on automakers to create affordable models Chinese consumers want.

China accounted for half of global electric car sales last year, but almost all were Chinese models that start as low as 140,000 yuan ($22,000). BYD Auto, the biggest global brand by number sold, said its first-half 2018 sales doubled from a year earlier to 71,000.

"Basically, all these international giants are testing the water. They have not really launched their heavyweight models in China yet," said industry analyst Yale Zhang of Automotive Foresight.

"By the end of this year, things will be different," Zhang said. "We really will see the market become more competitive and consumers will have more to choose."

Sales of pure-electric and gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles in the first half of 2018 rose 111.5 percent over a year earlier to 412,000. Total electric sales last year were 770,000.

Despite official support, electrics still are a fraction of Chinese passenger vehicle sales, which totaled 11.8 million in the first half of 2019, up 4.6 percent from a year earlier.

Nissan and Dongfeng announced plans in February to develop 20 electric models as part of a $10 billion, five-year investment program. They said that would include three models this year and three "affordable EV" compacts in 2019.

GM says it will roll out 10 electric and hybrid models in China from 2016 to 2020. It says by 2025, all its Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet models in China will offer hybrid or pure-electric versions.

Beijing announced in April it would end restrictions on foreign ownership of electric vehicle manufacturers this year in an effort to promote development.

Producers had been reluctant to transfer manufacturing to China due to the requirement to share technology with Chinese partners that might become rivals.

Freed of that requirement, Tesla Inc. announced in July it would build its first factory outside the United States in Shanghai, becoming the first wholly foreign-owned automaker in China.

Nissan will unveil a new sedan concept at Auto China 2014 on April 20. Executive Design Director Mamoru Aoki explains how the car will build on the design themes found in Resonance, Friend-ME and the Sports Sedan Concept.

World premiere of a new sedan concept that embodies Nissan’s global design strategy and strong commitment to China as one of Nissan’s most important markets

Auto China 2014 runs from April 20 (press day) to April 29 at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing. Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC), in cooperation with Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV) and Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co., Ltd. (ZNA), will present an exciting line-up of more than 20 vehicles at Asia’s largest motor show of the year.

The star of the show will be a new sedan concept which will make its world premiere. Also featured will be the BladeGlider concept, making its Chinese debut, and Nissan’s latest global innovations, including the Autonomous Drive car.

Teana, Nissan’s flagship sedan, celebrates its 10th anniversary in China this year and a special edition Teana will be on display. The two latest introductions, the all-new X-Trail and the new NV200 Xtronic® transmission, are expected to draw attention from booth visitors.

Nissan will deliver to Auto China 2014 a further-evolved global motor show booth with a distinctive three-layer theater style. During public viewing days, visitors will be able to experience new interactive communications through “Augmented Reality” technology.

Media Center and site information will be available online starting today. Look for the latest news to be uploaded regularly at this URL until the end of the exhibition.

Last year at Auto Shanghai 2013, Nissan unveiled the Friend-ME concept, attracting attention from both the media and the Chinese “Post-80s” generation through its provocative design and connectivity features. This year at Auto China 2014, Nissan will reveal a new sedan concept for the Chinese digital lifestyle. The concept expresses Nissan’s passion and focus in the world’s most dynamic auto market.

Subsequent to Friend-ME in 2013, this concept car will be the second time for Nissan Design China (NDC), Nissan’s newest global design center located in Beijing, to realize a concept car design in collaboration with the Nissan Global Design Center (NGDC) under the leadership and direction of Nissan Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer Shiro Nakamura.

BladeGlider redefines the driving experience with a unique center seat driver position, giving drivers and passengers alike a sense of automotive gliding. Highly aerodynamic, the narrow front and stable rear track reduce drag while generating downforce. The result is a powerful combination of road-hugging agility and hyper-efficiency. Heralded by global media as “cutting edge” and “awesome,” BladeGlider will make its local debut at Auto China 2014.

Nissan revealed the autonomous driving technology in August 2013 when the company committed to being ready with multiple, commercially viable Autonomous Drive cars by 2020. The system will be deployed across the model range within two vehicle generations. Nissan"s Autonomous Drive technology is an extension of its Safety Shield, which monitors a 360-degree view around a vehicle for risks, offers warnings to the driver and takes action if necessary.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Teana in China, a special edition of Nissan’s global flagship sedan will be revealed at Auto China 2014. Teana has been leading the premium sedan segment in China, thanks to its class-above driving experience, combining comfort and agility.

Following a successful unveil in China last month, the all-new X-Trail will be available for sale in late March and is expected to lead the growing SUV segment in China. Featuring a large console box for gear and flexible seating that can be configured in several ways to best accommodate cargo and passengers, X-Trail is spacious and user-friendly. Its spinal support seats are first in class, as are the Active Trace Control and 4x4i drive system, with Hill Start Assist, Advance Hill Descent Control and Yaw Moment Control.

Growing in popularity since its launch earlier this year to the worldwide taxi industry including New York and London, Nissan will showcase the innovative NV200 Xtronic® transmission at Beijing. Just launched in China in late February, the model is equipped with the innovative Xtronic® transmission system which reduces noise levels and fuel consumption, delivering benefits for drivers, passengers and the environment alike.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan"s second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with approximately 236,000 employees globally, Nissan sold more than 4.9 million vehicles and generated revenue of 9.6 trillion yen (USD 116.16 billion) in fiscal 2012.

Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of more than 60 models under the Nissan and Infiniti brands. In 2010, the company introduced the Nissan LEAF, and continues to lead in zero-emission mobility. LEAF, the first mass-market, pure-electric vehicle launched globally, is now the best-selling EV in history.

Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV) is a business unit of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (DFL), Nissan"s joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. DFL-PV is engaged in research and development operations, manufacturing and distribution of passenger vehicles.

Founded in 1993, Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co., Ltd. is one of the largest manufacturers of light commercial vehicles (LCV) in China. Through the Nissan and Dongfeng brands, ZNA markets five series and eight models.

Visually, the front end generates some interest with its oversized headlights and prominent grille, while the chunky front bumper is broken up by a large lower intake opening and nicely-integrated round foglights. A pair of ridges on the hood accent what would otherwise be a pretty vanilla-looking surface.

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., and Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company today unveiled the Livina Geniss at the 2006 Guangzhou International Motor Show, the first variant of a new family of Nissan global cars that will be released over the next two years.

The vehicle, named Jun Yi in Chinese, will be the first Nissan car to debut in China ahead of other global markets when it goes on sale in China later this year.

Powered by the all-new Nissan MR18DE engine, the flexible and spacious model is based on the concept of a luxurious, yet practical vehicle. The model will be manufactured at Dongfeng Motor Co."s (DFL) Huadu plant in Guangdong Province. DFL is Nissan"s joint venture in China with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd.

concept cars, imported cars and locally produced vehicles, demonstrating Nissan"s commitment to the fast growing Chinese market. Nissan"s vehicles are on display in Hall No. 2 of the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center until July 31.

In addition to copyright protection, it is possible to register designs. “If the design or prototype is deemed original, it is possible to obtain registered design protection for up to 25 years,” Tidman explained.

This is the KDC Regola – a rather crude attempt at recreating a McLaren. While the distinctive headlights, dihedral doors and orange paint are all present, there is a distinct hint of shoddiness. KDC hasn’t announced any official plans for production of its sports EV, but it is safe to assume there will be a couple of people in Woking who would have objections if they did…

Not content with ‘borrowing’ designs from production cars, Chinese marque Hongqi (part of the FAW Group) appears to be taking inspiration from European concept cars, too. Its latest electric concept car bears more than a passing resemblance to the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 – which similarly aims to showcase a vision for an ultra-luxurious and enormous future grand tourer.

The Dongfeng Motor Corporation has a long history of joint ventures with big western marques. Honda, Nissan and Renault have all had dealings with them over the years. However, the Jingyi S50 saloon is the product of no such venture. Unless of course you count the fact its styling is apparently a homage to one of Volkswagen’s best selling cars, the Passat.

First unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show, the Fenshen AX4 SUV has a fair few flashes of fellow Chinese SUV, the MG GS which are difficult to ignore. Starting with the large chrome fog lights in the bumper and the thin V shaped grille at the front, look at the Fenshen for long enough and the evolution from MG GS to Fenshen AX4 becomes clear. What’s more, the folks at Dongfeng didn’t stop there, keep looking at the Fenshen and you will see a whole load of SsangYong Tivoli elements in its design, too.

Jaguar Land Rover has in recent times created some of the most distinctive car styling devices of any manufacturer. It’s particularly obvious then, when someone else takes ‘inspiration’ from its cars. The Changan CS55 appears to do just that from the Discovery Sport, mimicking the large curvy body of JLR’s compact SUV.

Changan appears yet again on this list and yet again for producing something that looks remarkably like a JLR product. This time around though, it is the full-size Discovery’s turn to inspire the designers responsible for the CX70 T. The end result is something which looks remarkably similar to the 2017 Auto Express Car of the Year.

Not many cars these days come with a wheel mounted on the back, save for the Jeep Wrangler and Ford EcoSport. Which is why, when a car manufacturer launches a small SUV with a spare wheel on the tailgate, comparisons are bound to be drawn. This also means that it won’t take long before someone realises the similarities go way beyond the wheel and you’ve made a carbon copy of another manufacturer"s vehicle.

Let"s face it, all it was going to take was some paper and a straight edge for someone to copy the Mercedes G Class’ iconic design. Shown at the China International Automobile Exhibition, the BAIC BJ80 proved that BAIC’s designers had the necessary equipment. BAIC also manufacturers Mercedes-branded cars for the Chinese market making us wonder what other Germanic wonders we will see from the brand in the near future, or whether a strongly worded letter from Stuttgart might be in the post.

Shown at the China International Automobile Exhibition, the FAW Besturn X40 bears a striking resemblance to the Mazda CX-5. Unlike with a lot of the copycat cars on this list, however, this similarity isn’t actually that surprising when you dig into the background. Besturn makes its cars using Mazda’s older platforms, sharing technology in a similar kind of way to the VW Group and its many brands.

Unveiled last year at the New York Auto Show for the US market, the Murano is based on the previous year"s Resonance concept, and comes with a "V-Motion" front fascia characterised by the boomerang-shaped headlamps with integrated LED daytime running lights. A "floating" roof, privacy glass and 18-inch alloy wheels come standard, but American customers can request LED headlamps, sunroof and 20-inch alloy wheels.

In the cabin, customers are treated to "Zero Gravity" seats, a dual-zone climate control system, a push-button starter, 7-inch Drive-Assist Display in the instrument cluster, while optional equipment include heated/ventilated seats, leather upholstery, a Bose sound system and an 8-inch display infotainment system.

The American market Murano is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine that develops 260 bhp and 325 Nm of torque. It is connected to an Xtronic (CVT) transmission which can be matched to an optional all-wheel drive system.

The traditional "Big Four" domestic car manufacturers are SAIC Motor, Dongfeng, FAW and Chang’an. Other Chinese car manufacturers are Geely, Beijing Automotive Group, Brilliance Automotive, BYD, Chery, Guangzhou Automobile Group, Great Wall and Jianghuai (JAC). In addition, several multinational manufacturers have partnerships with domestic manufacturers.

China"s automobile industry had mainly Soviet origins (plants and licensed auto design were founded in the 1950s, with the help of the USSR) and had small volumes for the first 30 years of the republic, not exceeding 100–200 thousands per year. Since the early 1990s, it has developed rapidly. China"s annual automobile production capacity first exceeded one million in 1992. By 2000, China was producing over two million vehicles. After China"s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, the development of the automobile market accelerated further. Between 2002 and 2007, China"s national automobile market grew by an average 21 percent, or one million vehicles year-on-year.passenger cars and 3.41 million were commercial vehicles and surpassed the United States as the world"s largest automobile producer by volume. In 2010, both sales and production topped 18 million units, with 13.76 million passenger cars delivered, in each case the largest by any nation in history.

The number of registered cars, buses, vans, and trucks on the road in China reached 62 million in 2009.consultancy McKinsey & Company estimates that China"s car market will grow tenfold between 2005 and 2030.

There exists a grouping of traditional “Big Four” state-owned car manufacturers of China, namely: BAIC frequently challenged Chang"an as the fourth largest automaker but has since fallen behind.

SAIC sells vehicles under a variety of brands. Brand names that are exclusive to SAIC include Maxus, MG, Roewe, and Yuejin. Products produced by SAIC joint venture companies are sold under marques including Baojun, Buick, Chevrolet, Iveco, Škoda, Volkswagen, and Wuling.

Wuhan. The company was the second-largest Chinese vehicle maker in 2017, by production volume, manufacturing over 4.1 million vehicles that year.Dongfeng, Venucia and AEOLUS. Joint ventures include Cummins, Dana, Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, Stellantis (through PSA Peugeot Citroën), Renault, Kia and Yulon.

Changchun. In 2017, the company ranked third in terms of output making 3.3 million vehicles.Besturn/Bēnténg, Dario, Haima, Hongqi, Jiaxing, Jie Fang, Jilin, Oley, Jie Fang and Yuan Zheng, and Tianjin Xiali. FAW joint ventures sell Audi, General Motors, Mazda, Toyota and Volkswagen.

Chongqing, and is a state-owned enterprise. In 2017, the company ranked fourth in terms of output making 2.8 million vehicles in 2017. Changan designs, develops, manufactures and sells passenger cars sold under the Changan brand and commercial vehicles sold under the Chana brand. Foreign joint venture companies include Suzuki, Ford, Mazda and PSA Peugeot Citroën.

Chinese: 北汽集团, abbreviated to 北汽), is a state-owned enterprise and holding company of several Chinese automobile and machine manufacturers located in Beijing. In 2014, the company ranked fifth in terms of output making 2.5 million vehicles.BAIC Motor, the military vehicle and SUV maker BAW and the truck, bus and agricultural equipment maker Foton Motor. BAIC"s parent is the Beijing Municipal Government"s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). It has foreign joint ventures with Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz.

Volvo Cars, its performance counterpart Polestar, and the British sports car company Lotus. In China, their passenger car brands include Geely Auto, Volvo Cars, and Lynk & Co.

Companies from other countries with joint manufacturing ventures in China include Daimler-Benz, General Motors. The latter makes numerous cars in China in four factories, especially Buick, but also some Chevrolet and Cadillac models, in a 50/50 joint-venture with SAIC Motor,

In 2001, 1.5 million people were employed in this industry in China, and contributed 12 billion U.S. dollars to the economy, which accounts for 5% of the total value added to China"s manufacturing industry.

Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd is a joint venture between BAIC Motor and Daimler AG. As of 22 November 2018, a full two million Mercedes-Benz vehicles had been built in China by this alliance.BYD Auto (backed by Warren Buffett), were already manufacturing an electric car for the Chinese market, the Denza, with an improved Denza 500 announced in March 2018.

Honda Motor Co has a joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group) and planned to invest 3.27 billion yuan ($469 million) in 2019 in new-energy vehicle manufacturing in China, probably with the Trumpchi badge. Toyota"s joint venture is with GAC and the companies planned to build an electric vehicle under the GAC logo.

VW and Audi cars are manufactured in China by Volkswagen Group China under two joint-venture partnerships: FAW-Volkswagen and SAIC Volkswagen. They have sold 30 million cars as of November 2018.

Jaguar Land Rover operates a joint venture with Chery. A news report in July 2018 suggested that the company was considering increasing their investment to create a new model for China; a late October report about the Jaguar Land Rover turnaround plan, however, did not outline any plan to proceed with this concept.

The entire Volvo Cars company has been owned by the Chinese company Geely since 2010 and manufactures most of the XC60 vehicles in China for export to various countries as well as the local market. Other cars made in China (as of late 2018) for both the local market and for export include the Buick Envision, Ford Focus Active, Volvo S90 and the Cadillac CT-6 plug-in. (Prohibitive tariffs announced by the US in 2018 were expected to significantly reduce auto exports to that country.)

The first automobile in China was purchased from Hong Kong in 1902 by Yuan Shikai and gifted to Empress Dowager Cixi. It was later put on display in the Summer Palace Museum. During the early twentieth century, major western automobile manufacturers such as the Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz had plants operating in Shanghai.

China"s automobile industry had mainly Soviet origins (plants and licensed auto design were founded in the 1950s, with the help of the USSR) and had small volumes for the first 30 years of the republic, not exceeding 100–200 thousands per year. Since the early 1990s, it has developed rapidly. China"s annual automobile production capacity first exceeded one million in 1992. By 2000, China was producing over two million vehicles. After China"s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, the development of the automobile market accelerated further. Between 2002 and 2007, China"s national automobile market grew by an average 21 percent, or one million vehicles year-on-year.passenger cars and 3.41 million were commercial vehicles and surpassed the United States as the world"s largest automobile producer by volume. In 2010, both sales and production topped 18 million units, with 13.76 million passenger cars delivered, in each case the largest by any nation in history.

The first Chinese built motor vehicle was a truck called the Ming Sheng. It was designed by Daniel F Myers and a prototype was made at the Liao Ning Trench Mortar Arsenal, Shenyang. The prototype was completed on May 31, 1931, for Zhang Xueliang. Prior to production commencing, the factory was bombed by the invading Japanese and production never commenced.Yang Hucheng, patronized the inventor Tang Zhongming to make a new type of automobile engine powered by charcoal. In 1932 Tang founded the Chung Ming Machinery Co. Ltd. in Shanghai to produce the engines. Charcoal powered vehicles were mainly used during the Second Sino-Japanese War in China because of fuel shortages.

The first Chinese production vehicles were made by the First Automobile Works in 1956, a truck called the Jiefang CA-30.GAZ-51, was produced in Nanjing. The truck was named Yuejin (meaning "leap forward") by China"s First Ministry of Industrial Machinery.

In June 1958 the Nanjing Automobile Works, previously a vehicle servicing unit of the Army, was established. Production continued until the last truck (NJ134) rolled off the assembly line on July 9, 1987. Cumulative production was 161,988 units (including models NJ130, NJ230, NJ135 and NJ134). The first production automobiles were the Dongfeng CA71, Hongqi CA72, Feng Huang (later known as the Shanghai SH760) all from 1958.

The passenger car industry was a minor part of vehicle production during the first three decades of China"s socialist economy. As late as 1985, the country produced a total of only 5,200 cars. To announce that the desire for consumer goods was no longer politically suspect and stimulate personal spending, while also advertising the opening of the Chinese market to foreign producers, a fabricated news story about China"s first peasant to own a car was distributed across the world.Toyota Publica with her earnings.danweis (work units – private car ownership was virtually unknown at the time, in spite of the Sun Guiying story).

As domestic production was very limited, import totals rose dramatically, despite a 260 per cent import duty on foreign vehicles. Before 1984, the dominant exporter of cars to China had been the Soviet Union. In 1984, Japan"s vehicle exports to China increased sevenfold (from 10,800 to 85,000) and by mid-1985 China had become Japan"s second biggest export market after the US.Toyota Crowns and Nissan Bluebirds.

As this spending binge began to lead to a severe trade deficit, the Chinese leadership put on the brakes, both through propaganda efforts and by making foreign exchange much less accessible.

While limiting imports, China also tried to increase local production by boosting the various existing joint-venture passenger car production agreements, as well as adding new ones. In 1983, American Motors Corporation (AMC, later acquired by Chrysler Corporation) signed a 20-year contract to produce their Jeep-model vehicles in Beijing. The following year, Germany"s Volkswagen signed a 25-year contract to make passenger cars in Shanghai, and France"s Peugeot agreed to another passenger car project to make vehicles in the prosperous southern city of Guangzhou.knock-down kit assembly made up the majority of manufacturing activities;

Several enterprises entered the automobile industry since 1994. Some of them are originated from defense industry, such as Chang"an Motors, Changhe, and Hafei Motor; some were developed from old state-owned companies, such as BYD Auto, Brilliance China Auto, Chery Automobile, and Changfeng Automobile. Others are private-owned companies, such as Geely Automobile and Great Wall Motors.

On February 29, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shut down 13 automobile manufacturers that did not meet mandatory production evaluations for two consecutive years.

The number of registered cars, buses, vans, and trucks on the road in China reached 62 million in 2009, with cars accounting for two-thirds of that number, according to the traffic bureau of the Ministry of Public Security. At that time, it was expected to increase to 200 million by 2020.University of California predicted that up to 419 million vehicles would be registered by 2022 and over 500 million by 2030.

Many of the cars on the roads in China are imports. In 2017, the country imported 1.25 million cars according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Both imports to the US and sales of US made vehicles were expected to decline in late 2018 and in 2019 due to increased tariffs by both the United States and China in July 2018.

Not many of the imports were from the US even prior to 2018. As of 2017, American automakers exported roughly 250,000 cars to China per annum and imported about 50,000 from China.

The government is limiting the number of conventionally-powered new cars that are licensed each year, particularly in Beijing where the wait for a license plate in 2018 was roughly five years. Each such plate was priced at US$14,300, an amount that would almost be adequate to buy a small economy car. Licenses for electric vehicles on the other hand, can be obtained quite quickly.

According to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (C.A.A.M), automakers in China delivered 28,226,616 passenger and light commercial vehicles in 2017. Volkswagen remained the best-selling brand followed by Honda. In 2017, Geely surprised everyone by rocketing to become the third best-selling brand in China and the top Chinese brand in the market. Korean and American brands suffered from lackluster sales with Hyundai dropping from the top ten and GM and Ford both falling below local Chinese brands. Below is a breakdown of the deliveries by brand.

The best selling specific model in 2017 was the Wuling Hong Guang minivan made in partnership with SAIC-GM, formerly known as Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd.

GM executives claimed design duplication of the Chery QQ to the Daewoo Matiz,interchangeable parts.GM Daewoo brought a case against Chery in a Shanghai court, but by 2005, jurisdiction had been moved

Around that time Chinese state officials, including a vice-minister of commerce and a vice-director of the State Intellectual Property Office, publicly supported Chery.

A 2008 Italian Turin court ruling substantiated the claim stating that the Great Wall Peri, “doesn"t look like a different car but is a Fiat Panda with a different front end.”

Landwind, a new joint venture between Changan Auto and Jiangling Motors, launched the Landwind X7 SUV in 2014. Jaguar Land Rover regarded it as a copy of the Range Rover Evoque, which is produced locally by Chery Jaguar Land Rover, and tried unsuccessfully to stop its production. Although the designs of the cars are similar, the X7 was almost three times as cheap as the Evoque when the former hit the market. Prices of the X7 started at 135,000 renminbi (US$21,700 as of August 2015), while the starting price of the Evoque amounted to ¥398,000 (US$64,000 as of August 2015).

Jaguar Land Rover"s first response came during the Guangzhou Auto Show in November 2014, when car designer Ian Callum, who works for Jaguar, tweeted pictures of the car and pointed out the resemblance between the X7 and the Evoque.Ralf Speth said he regretted "that all of a sudden, copy-paste is coming up again." He added that his company could not do anything, since there were no laws against copying cars.

Both Jaguar Land Rover and Jiangling Motors had filed design patents for the Evoque and the X7, respectively, but both patents were annulled in 2016. The patent for the exterior design of the Evoque in China was declared invalid in April by the Chinese intellectual property regulator, because the car was unveiled before the patent was filed in China in November 2011. The nullification happened at the request of Jiangling Motors. The X7"s patent was annulled on May 16 at Jaguar Land Rover"s request, because the design was too related to the Evoque"s design.

In June 2016, Jaguar Land Rover took legal action against Jiangling Motors again in a Beijing court. The car manufacturer blamed Jiangling for copyright infringement and unfair competition. It was a rare move; most non-Chinese car manufacturers choose not to go to court over design copying by Chinese companies because of the small likelihood of winning such lawsuit.

The Shuanghuan Noble has caused numerous controversies, with Mercedes-Benz even filing a lawsuit against Shuanghuan because of its similarities with the Smart Fortwo.Mercedes-Benz also persuaded the Italian court to prohibit the car from being exhibited at the Bologna Motor Show, but the Shuanghuan Noble car was put on display anyway.

In May 2009, a Greek judge ruled against Daimler and cleared the car allowing sales to begin in Greece. The judge answering to Daimler"s demand to ban the Chinese vehicle from entering the Greek market said that "The impression the Noble makes on a third and informed party by its visual appearance is different to the one that is made to the same person by the Smart... It is commonly accepted that the decision over buying a new car cannot be based only on the exterior characteristics but many other technical specifications such as the power of the engine, fuel consumption, trim specification, retail price and dealers’ network."

The ruling states that the latter party"s doings "cannot possibly misguide the public" as the German company claimed in its legal request. The judge noted the salient fact that "the plaintiff is no longer selling the specific generation of the Smart which claims to have been copied, but a different vehicle, with much different characteristics."

electric vehicle technology secrets before the vehicles are allowed to be sold in China. The current Chinese automotive policy states that a foreign carmaker must form a joint-venture with a Chinese carmaker if the former plans to sell its electric vehicles there, with the Chinese carmaker owning 51% of the joint venture.

Due to this supposed threat by the Chinese government, Toyota postponed the launch of the current-generation Prius until they learn more about the plan.

According to The New York Times, GM was asked to disclose key technological information on the Volt. Failure to do so would result in not qualifying for substantial (up to $19000) subsidies.

China encourages the development of clean and fuel efficient vehicles in an effort to sustain continued growth of the country"s automobile industry (see Fuel economy in automobiles). By the end of 2007, China plans to reduce the average fuel consumption per 100 km for all types of vehicles by 10%. The proportion of vehicles burning alternate fuel will be increased to help optimize the country"s energy consumption. Priority will be given to facilitating the research and development of electric and hybrid vehicles as well as alternate fuel vehicles, especially CNG/LNG. Major cities like Beijing and Shanghai already require Euro-3 emission standards. On March 10, 2008, Beijing became the first city to require light-duty vehicles to meet China-4 emission standard, which was equivalent to Euro-4. Beijing shifted its emission standards to the fifth-stage standards for light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles in January 2013 and August 2015, respectively. On 12 April 2016, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the proposal for light-duty China-6 standard.

Due to serious air pollution problems and ever-increasing traffic, alternative-energy vehicle production is an area of strong focus for the Chinese government, and several NEV-friendly policies have appeared at the national and local level as a result. In many cities, free licenses — otherwise a significant expenditure for traditional vehicles — are provided for electric vehicle owners, along with exemptions for registry lotteries. These kinds of policies have created strong interest in new energy vehicles within China.

The Chinese Automotive Industry Plan, announced on the main Web site of China"s central government, said China aims to create capacity to produce 500,000 new energy vehicles, such as battery electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The plan aims to increase sales of such new-energy cars to account for about 5% of China"s passenger vehicle sales.Beijing Motor Show, more than 20 electric vehicles were on display, most of which came from native automakers. As of May 2010, at least 10 all-electric models have been reported to be on track for volume-production.BYD F3DM), all-electric minivan (BYD e6) and all-electric long-range bus (BYD K9) are Chinese.

New energy vehicle sales between January 2011 and March 2016, totaled 502,572 units, of which, over 92% were sold between January 2014 and March 2016. These figures include heavy-duty commercial vehicles such buses and sanitation trucks. These figures only include vehicles manufactured in the country as imports are not subject to government subsidies. As of March 2016

A September 2018 update by CNBC included a prediction that the market share of China"s electric vehicles will grow by 40% in the short term and that China expected total annual sales of electric and gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles to be 2 million by 2020.Mizuho Bank.

The country has a significant benefit over others. Some two-thirds of the world"s lithium-ion batteries are made in China and the country"s EV manufacturing facilities are close to the source these components. In October 2018, Tesla purchased land for the construction of an EV manufacturing plant in Shanghai"s Lingang area.

In most cases, brand-name new cars can only be purchased from 4S shops. For new cars in high demand, a high premium is added for instant delivery or just placing an order.

The profit of car dealers in China is quite high compared to the rest of the world, in most cases 10%. This is supposedly due to the "non-transparent invoice price" as announced by manufactures and to the premiums they charge for quick delivery. Due to the lack of knowledge for most customers, dealers can sell add-ons at much higher prices than the aftermarket.

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Tesla has had some issues with Chinese companies getting “inspired” by its designs in the past. Those vehicles are often referred to as “Tesla clones.”

Changan Automobile, a state-owned automaker, recently launched the Shenlan SL03, a small electric sedan. The front end of the vehicle where the bonnet meets the fascia looks very similar to the Tesla Model 3:

The vehicle’s dimensions are also extremely similar to the Model 3. It is only about 4 inches longer, but it has virtually the same wheelbase, width, and height.

In terms of specs, the base version comes with a range of 515 km (320 miles) based on the Chinese standard. A bigger battery pack is also available with a longer 705 km (438 miles) range.

Those options are comparable to what Tesla used to offer before it stopped taking orders for the longer-range Model 3 in China – presumably because of an extended backlog of orders.

Electronics giant Huawei and CATL, a battery cell manufacturer and a major supplier to Tesla, have participated in the development of the Shenlan SL03 with state-owned Changan Automobile.

The company took over 15,000 reservations for the new electric car only hours after launching it. It plans to deliver the first units to customers by the end of the year and ramp up production to eventually 15,000 units per month.

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The Nissan Titan XD includes popular safety features like Rear Parking Sensors, Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags, Side Impact Beams, ABS And Driveline Traction Control, Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and more. But make sure to check what trim you"re buying for the exact safety features, as they may differ.

The Nissan Titan XD can offer the following mechanical features: Electronic Transfer Case, GVWR: 8,800 lbs, 4.083 Axle Ratio, Transmission: 9-Speed Automatic, and Engine: 5.6L Endurance V8.

The interior features of the Nissan Titan XD are impressive, and include things like Power Rear Windows, Manual Tilt/Telescoping Steering Column, 60-40 Folding Split-Bench Front Facing Fold-Up Cushion Rear Seat, Driver Seat, and Front Captain"s Chairs -inc: 8-way power driver seat w/power lumbar support.

Everybody loves the exterior features of the Nissan Titan XD. Nissan designers really outdid themselves with things like Aluminum Spare Wheel, Spray-In Bed Liner, Regular Box Style, Tires: LT275/65R18 BSW All-Terrain Off-Road, and Wheels: 18" x 7.5" Painted Dark Finish Alloy.

GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co will start making its first electric car under is China only brand by 2015, a Nissan executive said on Thursday.

Nissan and its joint venture partner Dongfeng Motor Group Co will start producing Venucia e30 by 2015, Du Fan, a Nissan China spokesman, told Reuters on the sidelines of the Guangzhou autoshow.

The Japanese automaker will also start pilot projects in 15 Chinese cities to promote Venucia e30 jointly with local governments next year, it said in a news release.

Nissan has already launched two cars under the Venucia brand, D50 and R50, to tap the lower-end of the market now dominated by China’s indigenous brands. (Reporting Kazunori Takada; Writing by Fan Yang; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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If you’ve just joined us from the NAFTA region, Nissan’s new, larger crossover for Europe probably looks a bit familiar. That’s because it’s on sale there already – as the Rogue. Nissan model names by market can get a bit confusing so I’ll try and add to that with the following explanation.

Previously, outside NAFTA, there was the smash-hit first generation Qashqai (aka Dualis in Australia and Japan and something unpronounceable in China). Built mainly in UK but also Japan and China. Five seats. For seven seats, there was, later, the Qashqai+2. For something bigger and a bit more butch for offroading, but just five seats, you moved up to the previous, second generation X-Trail.

In NAFTA (and the odd other market, such as Taiwan),there was the Japan-built Rogue, a bit bigger than the Qashqai but on the same platform, with a bigger petrol engine, a CVT auto and no diesel. The move up in NAFTA was to the Xterra.

In NAFTA, old Rogue continues, imported from Japan, as the Rogue Select, and our new X-Trail is their new Rogue, built in the US and, from the second half of 2014, also by Samsung in Korea. Like ours, that also has a seven seat option. And the step up remains the Xterra.

I have never ridden in or driven a previous generation X-Trail but the new one is much more stylish than its boxy predecessors – more Qashqai than Patrol.

Despite the softer looks, Nissan claims enhanced off road capabilities and sector-best levels of rear legroom, and highlights a unique second row seat sliding and reclining function, the new Connect infotainment/telematics system with suite of applications and the Safety Shield with an extended network of safety features.

The 3G X-Trail is built on the new, jointly-developed Renault-Nissan Alliance Common Module Family (CMF) platform and, for the UK, replaces the NAFTA Rogue’s 2.5-litre petrol I4 engine and CVT automatic with, initially, a 1.6-litre turbodiesel and two-wheel drive (new to the X-Trail line) or 4WD with six-speed manual and 2WD automatic transmission options.

“Less SUV and more crossover” is Nissan’s description of the new model which is 17mm longer (4,643mm) than the previous generation and has a 76mm longer wheelbase. It is also 30mm wider and 5mm lower while ground clearance remains 210mm. It’s 266mm longer than a Qashqai on a wheelbase 60mm longer and 100mm taller with 20mm more ground clearance.

Rear doors open to 80 degrees for improved access and legroom is up 20%. The three seat rows are mounted theatre style, each a little higher than the one in front to improve the view forward. With judicious folding an item 2,600mm long can be carried and the tailgate is electric with remote operation.

Inside, a redesigned combimeter has a drive-assist display, a large five-inch colour display screen located between the two main dials. This high-resolution touchscreen displays information from such items as the safety systems and navigator.

The cabin has high quality materials, including chrome, piano black and leather with contrast stitching. Nissan said it examined every surface where the driver or passenger comes into contact with the car and, as a result, the door armrest pads and centre console pad are eight times thicker than sector rivals offer. A large centre storage box is big enough to take an iPad or 10-inch tablet.

A double load floor provides nine flexible storage options. The cargo area can be positioned into upper and lower areas in a simple, single hand move. In its top position, the board can hold up to 10kg of luggage or 75kg in its middle position. This enables the user to store, for example, a stroller and large items below while creating a fully usable upper load surface for smaller, lighter items.

NissanConnect combines in-car navigation, information and entertainment with access to an evolving range of apps covering music, social networking, entertainment and travel.

Navigation integrates Google features from weather forecasts to the location of fuel stations, hotels, restaurants and so on. Send-to-car also allows drivers to plan a trip at home. The system includes Bluetooth audio streaming and mobile phone integration as well as aux and USB slots.

The five inch TFT colour display between the main dials incorporating 12 graphic displays accessible on rotation offering advice and warnings covering average and actual speeds, navigation turn-by-turn instructions, audio content, traffic sign recognition, eco driving advice and torque distribution settings in 4WD mode and more.

Around view monitor with intelligent park assist automatically measures the size of an available parallel parking space and actively steers into the space with the driver controlling forward and reverse motion. The system can also park in car park bays, with the driver benefitting from the bird’s eye view.

LED daytime running lights are standard and higher grade models have Bi-LED headlamps with full LED power for both dip and main beam producing a whiter, clearer light than Xenon bulbs while using 50% less power.

The Safety Shield package includes forward emergency braking, driver attention alert, traffic sign recognition, lane departure and blind spot warning, moving object detection and high beam assist.

Four wheel versions adopt Nissan’s electronic four-wheel drive system, All Mode 4×4-i controlled via a rotary switch on the centre console, offering a choice between two-wheel drive, auto mode or lock offering permanent four wheel drive.

In the ‘default’ auto mode, the system constantly monitors throttle opening, engine speed and torque to anticipate wheel spin and to distribute torque between front and rear axles as needed, at speeds of up to 80km/h (50mph).

Above that speed, the system reacts to wheelspin, again shifting drive rearwards to restore traction as required. For tricky conditions and at low speeds, lock gives permanent four-wheel drive.

Four other electronic systems are active ride control which monitors the road surface to detect undulations which could potentially upset the pitch of the car body and alters the damping to compensate, active engine brake which, on CVT versions, adds a degree of engine braking while cornering or when decelerating to a standstill and active trace control which monitors speed, steering angle, throttle opening and braking effort and brakes wheels individually, as required, to reduce understeer and help the driver steer a safer path through bends: it is said to be particularly effective on slippery, wet roads.

The X-Trail will be launched in the UK with the Renault-Nissan Alliance dCi 130PS turbodiesel engine with a choice of two and four-wheel drive and six speed manual transmission or an optional ‘XTronic’ CVT automatic gearbox for 2WD only. A 163PS 1.6-litre DIG-T turbocharged petrol engine will be added in 2015. The outgoing line had a 2.5-litre petrol and two-litre diesels.

The new XTronic gearbox mimics the behaviour of traditional, multi-ratio automatic gearboxes during hard acceleration, with stepped changes and worked pretty well. I thought the 1.6-litre diesel was a bit small for a vehicle of this size and it needed plenty of manual gearbox work to keep it in the right torque range for rapid progress and decent acceleration.

All grades have air conditioning, alloy wheels and six airbags, LED daytime running lights, five-inch colour combimeter display, Bluetooth with microphone, cruise control and speed limiter, hill start assist, sliding and reclining rear seats and the luggage board system.

Range-topping Tekna models have bi-LED headlamps, leather seats, electrically-adjustable driver’s seat, front and rear parking sensors, 19-inch alloy wheels, intelligent key with engine start button, forward emergency braking, lane departure warning, high beam assist and traffic sign recognition.

Nissan said UK servicing and maintenance costs should be down 12-15% versus the old model with insurance down as many as 10 groups, a 30% reduction in fuel consumption and a fleet-friendly CO2 cut of 39g. Residual values are up an estimated 9%.

Volume is estimated at 9-10,000 in a full year with the 2WD manual taking 45% (and opening up a whole new market to the X-Trail which previously was 4WD only), 4WD 43% and 2WD CVT auto 12%.

Factories shut down, new model launches delayed and sales plunging. China’s huge car market has been thrown into disarray by the country’s latest Covid surge, with stringent lockdowns across several cities hitting vehicle production.

China’s worst Covid outbreak in two years has prompted authorities to ramp up the country’s zero-Covid policy, locking down several major cities and tens of millions of people.

The strict lockdown measures in places such as Shanghai and Jilin province have forced automakers to shut down manufacturing and risk delayed shipments at a time when global demand for vehicles is strong.

“Due to the current Covid situation, production in our factories in Changchun (since mid-March) and Anting/Shanghai (since April 1) is currently on hold,” Volkswagen said in a written response to CNN Business. “This is currently causing a delay in production.”

The company added that it will compensate for the production stoppages“if the situation eases in the near future,” through extra shifts and other measures. “At present, we are assessing the situation from day to day,” it added.

“Due to the travel restrictions in Changchun, the impact on supplier operations, and the perspective of ensuring the safety and security of employees and all related parties, Toyota has been suspending operations at the Changchun plant from March 14 onwards,” a company spokesperson told CNN Business.

(TSLA)has halted production at its Shanghai factory since the city imposed a lockdown on March 28, according toReuters. The company didn’t respond to a request from CNN Business for comment.

Employees make checks at an inspection line during a media tour of the Nio Inc. production facility in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020.

“Since March, due to the pandemic, the company’s supplier partners in several places including Jilin, Shanghai and Jiangsu suspended production one after the other and have yet to recover,” the company said in a statement. “Consequently, Nio has halted car production,” it said, adding that the company will postpone deliveries of its EVs to users.

It’s not just individual manufacturers. The Beijing auto show, one of the industry’s largest global gatherings, has been postponed until further notice due to the recent surge in Covid cases. The event was originally scheduled to be held from April 21 to April 30.

“We will pay close attention to the development of the pandemic,” Secretariat of Auto China said in a post on its official WeChat account on Saturday, adding that it will announce new dates in due course.

That means several new car launches will be delayed. Chinese EV makers Nio, XPeng, and Li Auto have previously said they would unveil new models at the Beijing autoshow.

Auto sales in China plunged 12% in March from a year ago, reversing a 19% increase in February and ending two straight months of growth, data from theChina Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed on Monday.

About 455,000 new energy vehicles, including hybrids and pure EVs, were sold in March, up 122% from a year ago, according to separate data from the China Passenger Car Association.

The company delivered 65,814 China-made vehicles in March, with the majority of those sold in the Chinese market. That number was up 85% from a year ago.

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As copycats go, this one"s an innovator. The front end and rear lights are miniaturised versions of the Range Rover Evoque"s, but everything else is a tall, awkward supermini. We don"t think JLR will be losing any sleep over this one stealing the Evoque"s sales.

Kia, on the other hand, may be a little cross about this. The Yogomo 330 is one of the closest copycats we"ve seen, although where a knock-off version of an £7495 supermini will find sales will be the real test.

From the rear, the Geely Merrie is another anonymous Chinese saloon. From the front, it"s a Mercedes-Benz C-Class. There"s no slight tweaks or alterations here, just a C-Class"s front end, complete with a Benz-inspired (read copied) hood ornament emblem.

The body of a Stuttgart best-seller has been copied to produce this, the Zotye SR9. On sale in China at a price of around £12,300, the SR9 was launched with a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol unit, sourced from Mitsubishi, developing 187bhp and 184lb ft of torque.

The latest addition to clone club is the Weikerui V7 or, in layman"s terms, the Volkswagen e-Up clone. Even the badge on the front apes the Volkswagen logo, much like the copied BMW logo below.

The BMW roundel was also plundered, albeit in a tweaked form. Although it"s more of an honourable mention than a copycat car, it"s clear to see where BYD got inspiration for the font, colour scheme, shape and layout of its logo. A Chinese clothing brand also faced legal action from BMW over its BMN roundel. That"s all, though.

It’s the top-selling electric car in the country, but in early 2021 the Tesla Model 3 underwent its biggest change since going on sale in Australia in 2019.

Instead of being sourced from the original Tesla factory in Fremont, California, the 2021 Model 3 was sent to Australia from the new Chinese Gigafactory in Shanghai.

Chinese Model 3s use lithium-iron phosphate (or lithium ferro phosphate/LFP) batteries instead of the previous lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide (NCA) batteries.

The cars supplied to us for this test include one of the last of those made in America; the blue car is available to rent on Evee.com.au. Those cars scored the 2021 updates that included black highlights instead of chrome outside.

The blue Standard Range Plus (SR+) was manufactured in October 2020 and includes the updated interior (with dual wireless phone chargers and an additional strip on the top of the insides of the front doors).

Six months between them and nothing to pick them apart other than the colour. We also added stickers denoting the country of origin, just to make it easier to pick which is which.

Our test involves a day of driving in the suburbs, freeways and country roads. We also managed time for some performance testing and stuck each car on vehicle scales to see how they differ.

Each car also had a heat pump, the device added as part of the model update that makes heating the cabin more efficient. It’s another area where there is no difference between the cars.

Tesla essentially chose the LFP batteries for price. Lithium-iron phosphate batteries don’t use nickel and cobalt, two of the most expensive elements in most lithium-ion batteries.

Using the old NEDC measuring system (Tesla has since switched to a more realistic WLTP measurement, which lowers the range) the Model 3 stepped up from 460km to 508km – about 10 percent better.

Granted, it wasn’t much, but considering the new batteries hold slightly less energy there were only two ways that could occur: Tesla either found amazing efficiency benefits elsewhere on the car or there are bigger batteries.

So, Tesla has added 119kg of weight to the Model 3, almost all of which is in the batteries (there could also be some in other components, such as suspension). That’s plenty of additional batteries.

Adding 119kg to any car is going to take its toll on acceleration, all things being equal. Car makers often spend more effort on shaving kilos from a car rather than making the drivetrain produce more power.

The official 0-100km/h claim for a Model 3 is 5.6 seconds. Interestingly that claim didn’t change since the arrival of the heavier Chinese-made model.

Our performance testing was conducted using a satellite-enabled VBox. Launch technique for both cars was the same: choose Standard drive mode, get the car to hold itself stationary and plant the throttle to the floor.

And the headline figure is… neither Model 3 got near the claimed 5.6 seconds for the 0-100km/h time. Somehow that wasn’t surprising. Tesla can be optimistic with claims and figures.

But here’s the surprise: the heavier Chinese-made car is actually quicker to 100km/h. Only just, but it is quicker. Each car got six runs and the best of those was 5.99 seconds for the white Model 3.

The best the US-built car could manage under identical testing conditions was 6.13 seconds. It was consistently one-to-two-tenths of a seconds slower to 100km/h across the six runs.

But this is where things get interesting. We then broke out acceleration at higher speeds and, once the cars are moving the blue America Model 3 was faster. Again, only just, but it was consistently quicker in the 60-100km/h sprint that is representative of overtaking.

The more likely scenario is that the battery pack of the Chinese Model 3 can supply more current – and, therefore, more power – to overcome the additional kilos.

And figures analysed from the onboard data logging suggested the white car was getting more power.: 233kW was the peak whereas the blue car peaked at 216kW.

Our best guess is that the additional current can only be supplied in short bursts, tapering off after a few seconds, in much the same way as Porsche’s Taycan limits the brief power peak to a short time.

Hence Tesla can make the cars with LFP batteries feel almost identical to those lighter ones with NCA batteries, at least in most everyday situations.

When we entered the destination into the nav of each car was a Supercharger it is a way of letting the car know it’s about to get a big dose of DC electricity.

From the second we did that the China Model 3 notified us it was “Preconditioning for Supercharging”. In other words, it was preparing the temperature of the batteries to optimise them for the fast charging ahead.

The American Model 3 never went into preconditioning mode, presumably because the onboard computer determined the batteries were at the optimal temperature. Or because the American NCA batteries aren’t as sensitive to temperature changes or were closer to their optimum temp during our testing.

By the time we finished our drive each car had identical 9 percent states of charge remaining in the batteries. And each was forecasting the same 36km of remaining range.

We suspect that it may fare slightly better if you were AC charging rather than Supercharging, in which case the car wouldn’t burn energy getting the batteries to the optimal temperature.

As for totals, each car did a bit over 258km. That’s way short of the 448km claim for the new Model 3 (previous range claims were higher again) but is partly indicative of the driving we did. Our testing involved about 60km of 110km/h freeway driving and some 100km/h country road cruising, neither of which is kind to an EV. And there was performance testing in the mix, too, which eats through plenty, too.

One of the big things we wanted to learn with the new Model 3 was how efficient it was compared with the previous Model 3, which was consistently one of the most efficient EVs on the market.

The drive route covered suburban Sydney with temperatures starting at 6 degrees and rising to 16 degrees throughout the day. Again, both cars endured identical conditions.

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