Chinese quickly getting into hybrid game?

More Chinese hybrids to launch this year

BYD Auto and Chery Automobile will both begin selling hybrid vehicles in China later this year according to new reports. The BYD F3DM is a dual mode plug-in hybrid that utilizes a lithium-ion battery pack and will go on sale later this year for about $14,500. The Chery A5 Hybrid is priced a little lower, but is only a mild hybrid that is expected to go on sale in October.

Quite quickly the Chinese auto industry is growing and it appears to be quickly embracing alternative technologies, such as hybrid cars. Some day soon, Chinese hybrids will be coming to America, and such vehicles might just be the camel that broke the back of the US auto industry, unless the US auto industry can better embrace the fuel economy-driven future, as in NOW.