Dongfeng to launch entry-level pure electric car by end of 2011

Shanghai November 4 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. (600006) said on November 3 that it will launch an entry-level pure electric scooter in the domestic market by the end of 2011, the Beijing Times reported Thursday.

The all-electric scooter, targeting mainly Chinese urban households in daily use, will come in two and four seat versions.

In terms of the current maturity level of technical performance of pure electric sedans, the company's general manger Lu Feng said it is still very difficult to catch up with that of the traditional gasoline vehicles.

Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd, a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Nissan Motors, aims to achieve annual sales target of 1.2 million units for 2010, and has recently raised its 2012 sales target by 50% to 1.5 million vehicles.

In the fist ten months of this year, Dongfeng Motor saw its sales jump 41% from a year earlier to over 1.05 million vehicles, two years ahead of its 1 million sales target.