China to produce one million electric cars a year by 2020

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Ministry due to announce decade-long strategy to bolster electric vehicle production

China's annual output of electric vehicles with lithium-ion batteries is expected to reach one million units by 2020, according to a report from state news agency Xinhua over the weekend. The ministry...

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