Cars

Shanghai to build 400 E-car charging stations

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-06-30 10:49

The Shanghai government will build 400 charging stations for electric vehicles this year, China Business News said, citing Liu Jianhua, an official in charge of promoting alternative-energy vehicles in the city.

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The city government will add SAIC Motor Corp's hybrid vehicles, Roewe 750, to its purchase list in a bid to raise awareness of alternative-energy vehicles, the newspaper said.

SAIC will begin selling Roewe 750 at the end of this year, it said.