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Energy alternatives for vehicles(chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2007-06-19 14:30
Ouyang Minggao, director of Tsinghua University's Department of Auto Engineering, says commercial vehicles' power technology should innovate step by step. At present, China has 220,000 natural gas vehicles and over 700 gas stations, which help save 1.5 million tons of petrol per year. Ouyang believes hybrid cars will be popular in the near future and those using fuel cells won't be produced on a large scale until 2020. But alternative fuel commercial vehicles can be developed based on the current platforms of manufacturers, rather than starting from scratch. ...
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