Blog Tag - autos

Beijing Automobile License Plate Restrictions Change on Monday, Apr 11
If your no-drive day is Friday, then not only are you pushed off the road at the end of this week, but you won't be able to drive on Monday either,...
Beijing May Impose Winter Auto Restrictions, But Why Now?
News reports over the weekend indicated that Beijing is still considering automobile restrictions using the odd-even license plate system, on which...
Beijing to Impose 'Odd-Even' License Plate Restrictions for Remainder of Winter: Report
Chinese social media has been alight with the unconfirmed but seemingly imminent imposition of "odd-even" license plate restrictions for the rest of...
City Driving: Beijing City Government Says September Still the Worst Month for Traffic
The Beijing Municipal Government has declared that once again, September will be the worst traffic month of the year.  As in 2013, the government has...
Ticket On Sale for Inaugural Formula E Race in Beijing
Tickets for next month's inaugural Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula E Championship electric car racing series (Formula E) are...
City Driving: Interest in Electric Cars Remains Low Voltage
Despite a license plate waiver and gradually improving charging infrastructure, Beijingers' interest in electric and other alternative energy...
Work on the 17th Ring Road (or Something Like That) to Be Completed by 2016
Just in case six ring roads weren't enough for Beijing, a new outer expressway ring road is already under construction, passing through Hebei and...
Uber Car Service Arrives in Beijing
Adding Beijing as its 100th city, car-on-demand service Uber arrived this week, seemingly just in time for the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. In one of the...
City Driving: Visiting the Beijing Auto Show
It's strange having an automobile exhibition in a city where the average person can't go out and buy a car, even though economic means have risen to...
What's It Like to Buy a Tesla in China? Now We Know
Ever wondered what it would be like to skip the car lottery in Beijing by buying an electric car? And not just any electric car, but a Tesla? Well,...
City Driving: Car Buyers Just Saying No to Electric Vehicles
Hey, Beijing drivers! Great offer: buy an electric car and get a license plate with no waiting! No? No takers? Despite participants in Beijing's...
Formula E Electric Car Racing Series Starts in Beijing in September
Starting from September 13, the roar of the carbon-based fuel engine will be replaced by the whispers of low emissions as the Fédération...
Another Ferrari Crash: One Dead, Two Injured, Alcohol Not a Factor
In what is becoming an almost regular occurrence here in Beijing, yet another twenty-something has wrecked his super car, this time on the Airport...
City Driving: Private Cars Now Top Transport Method; Beijingers Spent Two Hours in Traffic Per Day;
Private cars became the number one means of conveyance for commuters in 2013 with Beijing drivers spending just under two hours per working day...