About 6m units’ vehicles are recalled in the first half of year, doubling of the same period of last year. Luxury brands, including Maserati, Aston Martin, Porsche, also recalled vehicles in the period. Maserati recalled two times covering 40,800 units’ vehicles, while Porsche recalled once covering 108,900 units’ vehicles.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - With half of the year having already past, most Chinese automobile manufacturers have released their official sales figures for the first five months of the year. Changan Automobile ranked as the domestic own brand manufacturer with the largest number of automobile sales from the five-month period from January to May. It was followed by Great Wall Motor and BAIC Group, which rounded out the top three. These three manufacturers accounted for nearly half of all own brand automobile sales made by the top ten own brand manufacturers and have been a major factor in driving the own brand market as a whole closer towards being able to compete with joint venture manufacturers.

There may be four platforms in Chery, one of leading automakers in China, for production of alternative energy vehicles including Arrizo 5.