The automaker said it expects the car to touch an electronically limited top speed of 260.7 kmph but did not reveal an estimate on the range offered

The country’s sole EV maker is gearing up to expand into the United States, where it hopes its two electric SUV models will compete with legacy American brands

Petrol-electric hybrid models remain far more popular in Japan than pure EVs like the Solterra and bZ4X, which accounted for just 1% of passenger cars sold

Hozon New Energy Automobile, an eight-year-old Zhejiang-based electric vehicle maker, startled industry watchers with growing sales of its affordable, spacious SUVs.

Production has begun at a new plant in Huntsville, Alabama, which was built with Toyota Motor at a cost of roughly $2.3 billion

Automaker initially plans to roll out a hybrid version of the sport utility vehicle in Japan with the electric model set to follow next summer