BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) --- Great Wall Motor has set plans to speed up the development of new energy vehicles, said Wang Fengying, CEO of the company in a recent interview with Shanghai Securities Journal.
The company has established a joint venture with BMW to accelerate its global pace, and the new company will be integrated into Great Wall Motor's global design and R&D system.
Besides, the two companies will create a development platform for new generation of pure electric vehicle, producing BMW MINI electric vehicles and new brands of electric cars.
Great Wall Motor will expand its layout in hydrogen fuel vehicles. As one of the piorneering companies in China which deploys hydrogen fuel vehicles, the company has invested over one billion yuan in hydrogen energy technology development and draw up a detailed hydrogen fuel vehicle development schedule.
Moreover, Wang gave her opinions on the application of technical standards for hydrogen energy, pointing out to manage the hydrogen refueling stations with reference to the natural gas filling stations management.
(Edited by Bao Nuomin, Yang Yifan, baonuomin@xinhua.org, yangyifan@xinhua.org)
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