China's electric car sales fail to hit the fast lane

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Around 13,000 vehicles were purchased from 2009 to 2011, well short of targeted 500,000 sales by 2015

Chinese electric vehicle sales are unlikely to meet the government's targets, putting the brakes on speculation that the emerging superpower's electric car manufacturers are poised to leapfrog the world's...

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