Chery Wins Bid to Use Hybrid Cars in 2008 Olympic Games

As part of the 2008 Olympic celebration in China, 50 of the 80 vehicles to be used for Olympic traffic service will come from Chery. Of the 50, 40 Chery BSG Hybrids and 10 Chery ISG Hybrids will be used to ferry traffic around the 2008 Olympic Games.

Chery will be the first Chinese company to provide this type of service at an Olympic Games.


Press Release Follows:

Feb. 18, 2008 -- The other day, a piece of good news came from Chinese Olympic Committee that among the 80 vehicles for Olympic traffic service, Chery won a share of 50 through competing with the participating foreign brands, thus becoming the first Chinese brand to appear in the Olympic Games. By then, a green motorcade composed of Chery cars will serve the Olympic Games. This motorcade consists of 40 Chery BSG hybrids and 10 Chery ISG hybrids, which are both based on the Chery A5 model.

Relevant data shows that the first electric car was applied in the Munich 1972 Olympic Games. Since then, all the Olympic Games and those for the disabled apply the most advanced environment-protection vehicles at that time, so as to respond to the two Olympic themes of Science and Green. The world top automakers, including BMW and GM, etc have successively provided the relevant technology. However, Chery is the first Chinese brand to serve the Olympic Games. This indicates the leading position of Chery in the fields of environment protection. On city roads, compared to the vehicles of the same displacement, the fuel economy of the BSG A5 is improved by about 10%-15%, while its carbon dioxide emission is reduced by 12% or so; the fuel economy of the ISG A5 is improved by about 25%-30%, while its carbon dioxide emission is reduced by approximately 12%.

The pollution caused by car exhaust keeps troubling the whole world. Inevitably, the solution toward this problem is to research and develop new energy vehicles. With the long-term development of fuel-saving and environment-protection vehicles as its orientation, Chery will contribute itself to the healthy and sustainable development of the Chinese auto industry.