Volkswagen AG is calling for a quicker and clearer automotive roadmap in China as the country pushes to shift its focus from conventional cars to new energy vehicles, saying that carmakers need a lot of time to get prepared technologically.
Vulnerabilities in operation and safety management were also blamed as an indirect cause.
Volkswagen aimed to sell 400,000 new energy vehicles this year, but it seems the goal will be difficult to achieve considering the epidemic-driven decrease in demand.
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Vivo would start construction works on the allotted land by March 2019.
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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said on Friday that it expected to send about 300 additional troops to the border with Mexico including roughly 100 cooks who would hand out meals, breaking with past policy to avoid troops coming in contact with migrants.
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court was scheduled to address gun control on Monday for the first time in nearly 10 years with a majority of justices seen as supporting the rights of people who own firearms.
Visitors at the stand of the Beijing Hainachuan Automotive Parts at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Volvo's plant in South Carolina, the United States, opened in 2018 and now produces the all-new S60 sedans. China has become the company's largest market, with over 160,000 vehicles sold last year, and a core driving force of the brand's global development.