U.S. to work with China on EV development

摘要

The U.S.-China electric-vehicles initiative announced while President Obama was in China in November caught some in the American vehicle industry by surprise. The initiative covers four areas, initially thought to include standards, with the details of exactly what is going to be done in each still to be worked out. Extensive work already has been done in some of those areas within the U.S. auto community, and without Chinese participation. There were mixed reactions to the announcement. One spokesman for a U.S. company says there was little "substance or thought behind it." He views the initiative as a public relations gesture.