Shanghai to build 400 electric car charging stations

The Shanghai government will build 400 charging stations for electric vehicles this year, China Business News said, citing Liu Jianhua, an official in charge of promoting alternative-energy vehicles in the city.

The city government will add SAIC Motor Corp.'s hybrid vehicles, Roewe 750, to its purchase list in a bid to raise awareness of alternative-energy vehicles, the newspaper said. SAIC will begin selling Roewe 750 at the end of this year, it said.