Chery Automobile Outs Plug-in Electric Car

With the global economic downturn hitting vehicle manufacturers real hard, people are opting for various methods to get around quicker and cheaper. The Chinese have traditionally been the factory for the world over the past few decades, and that doesn’t look like changing anytime soon with China’s largest independent carmaker Chery Automobile releasing their first plug-in electric car. Known as the S18, this electric car is able to travel up to 150 kilometres (93 miles) per charge with a top speed of 120 kilometres (72 miles) per hour. It takes around six hours to juice up the car from your regular 220-volt home outlet, where 80% of the battery can be charged within half an hour. We wonder whether that range is affected when you do a lot of uphill traveling on a full load. There is no word on pricing, but we’re definitely interested in these being intra-city cars.