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Electric cars unveiled at Beijing Motor Show

(25 Apr 2018) LEADIN: Auto manufacturers are unveiling their latest vehicles at the Beijing Motor Show. Electric cars are taking centre stage this year - buoyed by their popularity in the Chinese market. STORYLINE: The Mercedes Benz C Class L Sedan rolls out at the Beijing Motor Show. The luxury carmaker is also debuting the  A-Class L Sedan - complete with a dance troupe of selfie-takers. Both cars are upgraded versions of models that were top-sellers in the China market. Germany's BMW unveils its new all-electric concept vehicle, the iX3. Harald Kruger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW, tells the audience it will go into production in 2020 and will be made in China. The car will be made at the automakers' joint venture plant in Shenyang. There are mounting trade tensions between Beijing and US President Donald Trump, who has threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese goods including automobiles in a dispute over technology policy. The impact on automakers should be small, according to industry analysts, because exports amount to only a few thousand vehicles a year. Those include a GM SUV, the Envision, and Volvo Cars sedans made in China for export to the United States. But BMW management is optimistic it will be shielded from any negative impact. "We have a very strong presence in China. We are increasing now capacity beyond 500,000 cars per year," says Nicolas Peter, BMW Board Member for Finance. "We are in discussion with our joint venture partner to localise even more products and on the other hand side we have a strong footprint in Europe and in the US, so we can be very flexible in this global production network. Of course, we appreciate free trade because we believe that this is beneficial at the end of the day for everyone in the world, but we can react fast to adapt to changes." The Beijing Motor Show is the world's largest auto show, with car manufacturers unveiling a kaleidoscope of fuel efficient vehicles – in particular electric cars designed for the China market. China accounted for half of last year's global electric car sales, boosted by subsidies and other prodding from communist leaders who want to make their country a centre for the emerging technology. "The big theme of the 2018 Beijing Motor Show is the proliferation of SUVs, crossovers and electric vehicles," says Hans Greiml, Asia Editor for Automotive News. "Everybody's coming out with some kind of electric vehicle or crossover because they are two main segments of the market here that are really booming. Everybody wants to buy a crossover because it's very popular, and in China everybody has to introduce an EV (electric vehicle) because of government mandates, so there are two forces driving these trends." First-quarter sales of electrics and gasoline-electric hybrids rose 154 percent over a year earlier to 143,000 units, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. That compares with sales of just under 200,000 for all of last year in the United States, the No. 2 market. China's total sales of SUVs, sedans and minivans reached 24.7 million units last year, compared with 17.2 million for the United States. SUVs are the industry's cash cow. First-quarter sales rose 11.3 percent over a year earlier to 2.6 million, or almost 45 percent of total auto sales, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Ford is showing its Mondeo Energi plug-in hybrid, its first electric model for China, which went on sale in March. Plans call for Ford and its luxury unit, Lincoln, to release 15 new electrified vehicles by 2025. The motor show runs until May 4. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...