Monday, January 31, 2011

the future of cars rises in the east

interestic article on the worlds largest car manufacturer SAIC, a chinese company which has stakes in GM volkswagen and owns MG, it has also opened a design studio in the uk. iterestingly they focus on the local market at the moment and have a super green concept called YEZ meaning leaf, which has the aim of a negative carbon footprint, thugh future gazing they say it should be viable within 20 years. a long time but at least the intention is there, and china with its\'s mass ubanisation has the greatest need for EV's and is pushing hard. so as the infomative video tells us. the future of cars is likley to be determened in china, developed for the chinese market.
see http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/jul2010/bw20100727_832636_page_6.htm
and vieo on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pObxCXhf9-E