What does a motor show mean for a country''''s auto industry?

It’s Beijing auto show time. Its topicality is proved by every aspect related: disputes over the exhibiting areas; traffic congestion around the exhibition hall and thousands of journalists from around the world. There is no doubt it is an international …     

What do native manufacturers intend to do in 2007?

SAIC SAIC saw its total sales reach 1,340,000 units last year, including 911,000 passenger cars (413,400 from Shanghai GM and 352,000 by Shanghai VW). It is going to consolidate its leading role by perfecting brand management and strengthening the R& D.     

What kind of motive-power source should be adopted in China?

Automakers in Japan and European countries have been discussing the merits of various types of motive power to provide the mainstream sources for the future. The Europeans say the best way of reducing emissions is to develop advanced diesel engines while the Japanese have hitherto insisted on developing hybrid vehicles. The key reason for the difference lies in the fact that the emission regulations in Japan require reduction of     

What is a strategy?

According to its development plan, the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) will implement a new human resource system which is in line with that of Shanghai GM and finally finish its integration with the Product Engineering Department of Shanghai GM.     

What affects pedestrian crossing difficulty at urban intersections in a developing country?

In developing countries, road traffic crashes involving pedestrians have become a foremost concern. At present, road safety assessment plans and selection of interventions are primarily restricted to traditional approaches that depend on the investigations of historical crash data. However, in developing countries such as India, the availability, consistency, and accuracy of crash data are major concerns. In contrast, proactive approaches such as studying road users' risk perception have emerged as a substitute method of examining potential risk factors. An individual's risk perception offers vital information on probable crash risk, which may be beneficial in detecting high-risk locations and major causes of crashes. Since the pedestrian fatality risk is not uniform across the urban road network level, it may be expected that pedestrians' perceived risk measured in terms of “crossing difficulty” would also vary across the sites. In this perspective, the present paper establishes a mathematical association between the pedestrians' perceived “crossing difficulty” and actual crashes. The model outcome confirms that pedestrians' perceived crossing difficulty is a good surrogate of fatal pedestrian crashes at the intersection level in Kolkata City, India. Subsequently, to examine the impact of traffic exposures, road infrastructure, land use, spatial factors, and pedestrian-level attributes on pedestrians' “crossing difficulty”; a set of Ordered Logit models are developed. The model outcomes show that high vehicle and pedestrian volume, vehicular speed, absence of designated bus stop, the presence of inaccessible pedestrian crosswalk, on-street parking, lack of signalized control (for both vehicle and pedestrian), inadequate sight distance, land use pattern, slum population, pedestrian-vehicular post encroachment time, waiting time before crossing, road width, and absence of police enforcement at an intersection significantly and positively increase pedestrian's crossing difficulty at urban intersections. To end, the model findings are advantageously utilized to develop a set of countermeasures across 3E's of road safety.     

What VW to do in China

Volkswagen AG took part in the ever-great auto exhibition of this century in China, Auto Shanghai '99 held during July 15 to 20, with an unprecedented display space of more than 1,000 square meters and brought 14 passenger cars as well as the dissections of Lupo and Passat to the visitors. During the exhibition, reporters of CHINA AUTO interviewed with the officials of VW AG. Here are the records of the interview.     

What Are Behind The Electric Car Heat?

Is the world's auto industry going to change greatly in the future 3-5 years so that ICEs will fade out?Will this electric car heat repeat itselfjust like it did in the history? The Chinese government issued pro- grams in Jan 2009 to cheer up the auto industrv.The plans include enacting new energy vehicle strategy,industrializing     

What Kind Of Cars Do DPRK People Drive?

The DPRK has been a mystery country in the world.And people have been wondering what are behind its government's recent policy:the State began confiscating cars and small buses Japan-based auto makers produced.The policy took effect in the end of last year. This policy brought people an in-     

Engine Production and Sales in April, 2005

Total for selling Total for self use Name April Accumulated April Accumulated Total of ICE In Unit 274,675 964,478 181,344 616,012 In 10 Million Watt 2,205.5 7,907.5 1,381.2 4,855.4 In Unit 256,533 897,624 177,382 599,091 ICE made in China In 10 Million Watt 2,020.6 7,244.7 1,345.0 4,685.8 In Unit 98,367 382,187 34,716 126,794 Diesel engine In 10 Million Watt 1,044.5 4,081.6 411.7 1,649.7 In Unit 158,166 515,437 142,666 472,297 Petrol engine In 10 Million Watt 976.1 3,163.1 933.3 …     

Engine Production and Sales in March,2005

Total for selling Total for self useName March Accumulated March Accumulated Total of ICE In Unit 292,330 697,206 198,421 431,532 In 10 Million Watt 2,390.405,754.881,610.50 3,427.08 In Unit 269,231 648,494 190,980 418,573 ICE made in China In 10 Million Watt2,158.8 5,277.0 1,536.03,293.5 In Unit 127,032 283,81643,715 92,078 Diesel engine In 10 Million Watt 1,305.113,039.77 572.46 1,178.60 In Unit 142,199 364,678 147,265 326,495 Petrol engine In 10 Million Watt 853.7…     

Engine Production and Sales in January, 2005

Total for selling Total for self use Name January Accumulated January Accumulated Total of ICE In Unit 211,791 211,791 106,237 106,237 In 10 Million Watt 1,823.6 1,823.6 891.6 891.6 In Unit 201,768 201,768 102,993 …     

Engine Production and Sales in February, 2005

Total for selling Total for self use Name February Accumulated February Accumulated Total of ICE In Unit 206,621 408,384 99,164 220,220 In 10 Million Watt 1,600.6 3,388.2 793.1 1,758.7 In Unit 191,141 382,771 96,890 21…     

Engine Production and Sales in May,2005

Total for selling Total for self use Name May Accumulated May Accumulated Total of ICE In Unit 243,474 1,207,958 148,758 767,233 In 10 Million Watt 1,959.3 9,866.3 1,131.1 5,998.3 ICE made in China In Unit 223,940 1,121,570 144,103 745,657 In 10 Million Watt 1,758.2 9,002.3 1,086.4 5,784.0 Diesel engine In Unit 81,960 464,147 31,009 157,803 In 10 Million Watt 853.6 4,935.0 327.7 1,896.0 Petrol engine In Unit 141,980 657,423 113,094 587,854 In 10 Million Watt 904.6 4,067.3 758.8 3,…     

What kind of commercial vehicles are most needed in China

Commercial vehicles, in particular heavy trucks, are the main logistics tool of the world. In China, highway cargo transportation is accounting for around 70 percent of the total. But the logistics cost is nearly one time higher than in the advanced count…     

2005:中国摩托往哪开?

日前,国家信息中心作出预测,2004年我国GDP增长将达9．3％,比上年高出0．8个百分点。与此同时,我国摩托车产销2004年将再刨历史新高,迎来连续6年增长的大好局面,产销同比增长有望达15％以上,高于国家GDP增幅近6个百分点,也高于行业上年增幅1个多百分点。这是我国摩托车业界广大仁人志士逆风而上,求实创新,内抓管理,外拓市场,共谋发展所取得的好成绩。     

An Analysis of the Heavy Truck Market in 2005 and Trend in 2006

According to the latest statistics from CAAM, 2005 saw for the first time in 8 years the drop of heavy truck production by 33.19 percent year on year. 1. Characteristics of 2005 1.1 Older brands fell and the new ones got stronger The drop row referred to …     

2005年要市场,还是要利润?

今年春天，两件大事即牵动各产业的神经，一是铁矿石国际市场价格一夜间飚升了71.5％。二是国际石油价格再度回升于53美元／桶以上，铁矿石涨价直接牵动的是钢铁行业．石油价格回升直接牵动是石化行业。这两个行业均属最基础的原材料行业．钢铁与石化产品的价格变动对其它几乎所有制造性行业将构成全局性影响。     

2005年我国商用汽车市场走向何方?

2004年我国乘用车市场竞争较为激烈,业内人士普遍认为2005年国内主要汽车集团将会纷纷重兵布局、抢摊商用汽车,尤其是载货汽车市场,加上国内产业新军的加盟和国外同类企业的进入,可以预见,2005年国内商用汽车企业之间的竞争将比以往任何时候都会激烈。近期,笔者对来自各方面的2004年中国商用汽车市场产品数据资料进行了综合分析,认为2005年商用汽车市场的热销产品将会是以下情形。客车1.按用途分类公交客车依然是市场需求的最大亮点。从中汽协统计的数据来看,2004年以生产公交客车为主的企业业绩增长较快。目前,公交车的利润虽远不及公路客…     

What Car?公布对有关BER法规的最新调查

今年4月,《What Car?》进行了一项秘密调查,以了解英国的特约修车厂是否充分了解BER废止后的保修问题。调查结果令人担忧     

Car Production and Sales by Model in Oct., 2005

Model Production Sales Oct. Accumulated Oct. Accumulated FAW CAR 5,269 45,283 5,197 45,552 Red Flag Wise person 207 5,630 348 5,716 Red Flag century star 135 1,577 171 2,142 Mazda 6 4,925 38,067 4,677 37,658 FAW-VW 17,154 197,895 21,720 173,911 Jetta 9,548 117,482 12,416 104,916 Bora 1.6 L 2,195 21,363 2,375 19,498 Bora 1.8 L 685 8,722 676 7,727 Bora 1.8T 0 1,109 150 1,042 Bora 1.9TDI 0 1,043 228 810 Audi A6 1.8L 1 1,318 0 1,326 Audi A6 1.8T 476 11,055 850 9,032 Audi A6 2.4L 2 …