Everyone knows what a Hummer brings but as far as China is concerned, it is not green (eco-friendly) enough to meet the standard of the country. Apparently the issue here is fuel consumption to which everyone knows that this GM vehicle consumes a lot. To think of it, China may not be the only country who may oppose the entry of the hummer because of this.

Prior to these issue surrounding the fuel prices and eco-friendly problems plaguing the world, the Hummer was a class act vehicle to have. In fact, being seen riding or driving one already places you in the circle of the elite who could afford to get one. But that was yesterday. Today, the theme is “Green” and the Hummer seems to be nowhere near that.

The country’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is also concerned that Tengzhong lacks expertise in car production, the report said, but the company dismissed the story as speculative. Insiders at the company believe that negotiations with regulators are progressing well, that the Chinese government has not taken a view, and that it will assuage any environmental concerns by promising that future generations of Hummers will be significantly greener.

(Source) NZ Herald

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Considering Beijing has a population of around 14.93 million, its no wonder that it isn’t the cleanest of cities pollution wise. Well, in a push towards a greener city, legislation has been passed that will place cars into one of two categoreys; green and yelllow.

Green cars, as you could have guessed, are cars that meet the requirements for what the Chinese government deems environmentally friendly, yellow on the other hand, are ones who fall short of those requirements. Now, only the green catagorized cars will be allowed to drive through the Beijing’s city center.

This is in addition to the post-Olympic restrictions that the Chinese government extended to reduce pollution in one of their busiest cities. But China, if you’re making the yellow cars drive around the city center doesn’t that mean more driving thus resulting in more pollution?

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Taking its cue from the announcement that China has set its eyes on promoting the use of clean energy vehicles, Renault and Nissan have signed an agreement with the Chinese government to sell electric cars by 2011.

Under the agreement, the Franco-Japanese alliance will provide the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) with an integrated marketing scheme for electric cars, which includes the establishment of a battery-charging network.

The Ministry and Renault-Nissan have selected Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, to be the first city to carry out the program. But the company did not reveal the financial terms of the agreement or the number of vehicles to be offered to the city, according to the report.

(Source) China Knowledge

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