High-power electric bus, and sedan cars with automatic transmission have been successfully developed at Dalian Chunxiao Electric Car Research Institute and meet the public in northeast China's coastal city Dalian on Monday. With proprietary intellectual property rights, the electric cars employ computers to replace mechanic motors and omit exhaust pipes. Mass production of these cars will begin in the latter half of this year.

The research of electric cars began in 1994 at Chunxiao, and researchers from the institute have obtained eight patents for electric cars. Compared with fuel-powered cars, electric cars are free from noise and pollution, and enjoy low cost and zero emission. The bus has a maximum speed of 120 kph, and sedan car's maximum speed hits 160 kph. The cost of operating the electric cars is 40 percent lower than fuel-powered ones.

By People's Daily Online