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China’s Evergrande delivers first electric vehicles

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30 Oct 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 30 Oct 2022 00:25:48
China’s Evergrande delivers first electric vehicles
A view of the electric vehicle (EV) factory of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group in Tianjin, China – Courtesy Photo

China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd (0708.HK) has started deliveries of its Hengchi 5 electric vehicle, with the first 100 customers getting their cars on Saturday, it said on its official Wechat account.

The company, a unit of heavily indebted property developer China Evergrande Group (3333.HK), launched production of the vehicle at a plant in the northern city of Tianjin last month, reports Reuters. Evergrande is aiming to shift the group’s primary business from real estate to the automobile venture over the next decade, with plans to make 1 million vehicles by 2025.

It has said it would start mass production of its second EV model in the first half of 2023 and a third in the latter half of next year.

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