When it comes to launching into full production for hybrid vehicles, China has a very distinct advantage over other countries: their car industry is young and not set in its ways. The American auto industry, in contrast, has been developed over the past six decades to build internal combustion vehicles that run on gasoline or diesel fuel. All of the factories (excluding the newest handful) were designed with the purpose of manufacturing that type of car. China sees an opening, and it just might pull it off. (more…)
