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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Keith Bradsher, Hybrid in a Trade Squeeze; GM seeks a deal, but China
Would like a close look at the Volt. New York Times, Sept 6, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/business/global
/gm-aims-the-volt-at-china-but-chinese-want-its-secrets
.html?scp=1&sq=china%20electric%20bradsher&st=cse
("The three core technologies that China is most interested in acquiring
through the subsidy provision are electric motors, complex electronic
controls and power storage devices, whether batteries or a fuel cell. At
least one of those systems would need to be included in the technology
transfer for a vehicle to qualify for the consumer subsidies.")
Excerpt in the window of print: Questions about whether a tactic violates
trade rules.
My comment:
(a) China Weaponry Equipment 中国兵器装备集团公司
(b) Tesla manufacture in Taiwan the electric motor for roadster.
(2) Keith Bradsher, China Aims to Rent in Car Sales; Backing off a push to
be the world's largest auto market. New York Times, Sept 5, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/business/global
/china-changes-direction-on-car-sales.html?scp=3&sq=china%20electric%
20bradsher&st=cse
Quote4 from two consecutive paragraphs:
"The government has prohibited Chinese automakers from making big jumps into
the American market and severely restricted their entry into the European
market. They have also demanded that automakers increase vehicle quality
considerably, and have suggested that high-volume exports may not be allowed
to start until 2015 or so.
"The goal has been to make sure that when large-scale exports begin, Chinese
cars do not initially acquire the same reputation for shoddy quality that
bedeviled the South Korean industry when it entered the American market and
that took many years and offers of long, costly warranties to overcome
Note: The report, at page B1 (front page of Business section) continued at p
B5 whose title is "China, in reversal on car sales, pursues fuel savings
and technological prowess."
----------------------------Separately
(1) Nick Bunkley, Fiat's Retro Return; Hoping its postwar classic will catch
on here this time. New York Times, Sept 3, 2011
("Fiat owns Chrysler, which it bought as part of Chrysler's [US] government-
sponsored bankruptcy two years ago. Now Fiat is using its Chrysler foothold
in this country to sell one of its own cars--the [new] Fiat 500--for the
first time since 1983, when it officiallly left the [US] market. Lucky for
Fiat, few Americans seem to remember Fiat or its past reputation for low
quality, which sent sales plunging from a high of 100,511 in 1975 to 14,113
in 1982")
Note:
(a) Fiat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat
(Fiat S.p.A., an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (English:
Italian Automobile Factory of Turin); Giovanni Agnelli founded Fiat in 1899;
a photo shows Fiat 500)
(b) There is no need to read the rest of the report.
(2) Mark Clothier, Gasoline Cars Get a Mileage Jump-Start. Bloomberg
BusinessWeek, Sept 1, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine
/gasoline-cars-get-a-mileage-jumpstart-09012011.html
("Johnson Controls’ advanced batteries employ a technology that was first
used in the 1980s for fighter jets. A typical car battery uses a gallon of
acid and water as an electrolyte, which enables the electrical charge to
flow but also eats away at the battery’s innards. In the advanced battery,
the electrolyte is stored in an absorbent glass mat, which has the look and
feel of a strong paper towel. It serves as a pathway for the electrical
charge and limits the exposure of important components to the corrosive
electrolyte, thus prolonging the battery’s life")
Note:
(a) Click the tag " start-stop system" in the text and reach a graphic that
also appears in print. Most interesting to me is this part of the graphic: "
Battery A traditional battery would quickly die if it had to restart teh
engine multiple times during every trip. A start-stop battery uses absorbent
glass mat technology--originally used in fighter jets in the 1980s--to
extend its durability."
(b) I am not satisfied with
VRLA battery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRLA-battery
(section 3 Absorbed glass mat)
, but I can not find a suitable primer. |
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