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In late 2009, Chinese automaker BAIC and General Motors struck up a $200-million deal that granted BAIC rights to the previous-generation Saab 9-5 platform and the pre-2006 Saab 9-3. The Chinese company worked its electric magic on the 9-5 and called the finished product the C71 EV concept; a battery-swap capable sedan that was unveiled at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show. The good news is that the C71 is not the only electrified vehicle BAIC has in the works.
The Chinese automaker will roll out a 2,000-unit test fleet of battery-powered C30 subcompact (AO segment) hatchbacks and electrified M30 crossovers later this year. Both of those models, built by Beijing Electric Vehicle company, a subsidiary of BAIC, will feature lithium-ion battery packs supplied by Johnson Controls-Saft. Each vehicle will supposedly have a range of more than 62 miles and come packed with 106 prismatic li-ion cells. BAIC is China's fifth-largest automaker and aims to eventually launch electrified versions of its C-, B-, A+-, A- and A0-class models.
Photos by Sam Abuelsamid / Copyright (C)2010 AOL
[Source: Johnson Controls-Saft]
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