The drivetrains are already in testing with several major Chinese carmakers and will eventually lead to a new range of all-electric passenger cars, reports the Xinhua. The source also reports that new fuel-cell technology is also in development as well as a hybrid-electric bus that uses a conventional internal combustion engine solely to charge the batteries in a similar fashion to GM’s e-Flex system.
Scientists at the CAS admit their technology still lags behind more advanced international standards, but explains that progress is still on schedule under the Chinese government’s 11th Five-Year Program blueprint for the roll-out of electric vehicles by the end of the decade. Pictured above is Roewe 750 sedan prototype equipped with an electric-hybrid drivetrain.