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Chang’an Motor Corp, a partner of Ford Motor Co, yesterday rolled out a petrol-electric car, the first commercially produced model of its kind under a Chinese brand.

The model, which twins a 1.5-liter conventional petrol engine with an electric motor to improve fuel efficiency by 20 percent, will go on sale next year, Chang’an said, without providing a sales target.

The fourth-largest Chinese auto group based in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing said it would spend 300 million yuan ($40.76 million) by 2012 to introduce more hybrid models and carry out research.

China, as the world’s second largest polluter, needs to come on board radically in order to get its emissions under control. As well, they are able to sell manufactured goods at extremely low amounts, so it may mean another blow to domestic manufacturers who have been unable to keep costs and prices under control.

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