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Chinese electric vehicles reshape Israeli auto market

STORY: Chinese electric vehicles reshape Israeli auto market DATELINE: July 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese electric vehicles 2. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE (English): TOMEL HADAR, Auto industry observer STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent "Here I am in a BYD shop near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. In the first half of 2023, Chinese electric vehicles have continued their leading position in the Israeli market, gaining increasing popularity among the consumers." The data released by the Israel Vehicle Importers Association in early July showed that China's BYD and Geely were the champion and runner-up of Israel's best-selling EV brands in the first half of this year. Over a third of new EVs sold in Israel during this period were subcompact crossover SUV Atto 3 produced by BYD, which has opened six sales and service centers in Israel. EVs were rarely seen in Israel before 202

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New York International Auto Show

Hyundai Motor Co.'s subcompact sports utility vehicle Kona is pictured on a press day for the New York International Auto Show in New York's Javits Center on April 5, 2023.

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Mazda's flagship subcompact refurbished

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. CEO Masamichi Kogai stands beside the latest model of the "Demio," a flagship small car with improved fuel efficiency, at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2014.

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Mazda's new 1.5 liter diesel engine

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 10, 2014 in Tokyo shows Mazda Motor Corp.'s new diesel engine, which has a displacement of 1500 cc and uses the automaker's fuel efficient Skyactiv technology. Mazda said the same day the engine, which will be installed in a new subcompact car, is likely to achieve the highest fuel efficiency in Japan except for minicars and hybrid vehicles.

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Volkswagen's new subcompact "up!"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Volkswagen "up!" subcompact which the Japanese unit of the German automaker said on Sept. 18, 2012, it will begin selling in Japan on Oct. 1.

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Toyota group's key factory in northeastern Japan

OHIRA, Japan - The assembly line is shown to reporters at a factory of Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary, to build subcompact cars in the village of Ohira in Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2011. A ceremony was held to mark the inauguration of the plant, positioned as a core assembly plant in northeastern Japan for the automotive group.

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Honda's Fit Hybrid beats Toyota Prius in sales

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s Fit Hybrid subcompact car, the least expensive hybrid vehicle in Japan. Reports on Feb. 1, 2011, said the model was the top seller in Japan's passenger car market in January, beating sales of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid, which had been the frontrunner for 20 months.

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Honda's Fit Hybrid beats Toyota Prius in sales

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid, which according to reports on Feb. 1, 2011, lost top spot in Japan's passenger car market in January to Honda Motor Co.'s less expensive Fit Hybrid subcompact car.

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Honda's Brio prototype for Asian markets

BANGKOK, Thailand - Takanobu Ito (2nd from R), president of Honda Motor Co., unveils a prototype of the Brio subcompact targeting Asian markets in Bangkok on Nov. 30, 2010. Honda plans to start selling the car in Thailand and India in 2011.

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a ceremony on the debut of a hybrid model of its popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010. Ito said the automaker hopes the launch of the 1.59-million-yen gasoline-electric car, the cheapest in Japan of its kind, will help hybrid vehicles become more popular.

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses beside a hybrid model of the automaker's popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010, after releasing the gasoline-electric vehicle the same day at the price of 1.59 million yen, making it the cheapest model of its kind in Japan.

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses beside a hybrid model of the automaker's popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010, after releasing the gasoline-electric vehicle the same day at the price of 1.59 million yen, making it the cheapest model of its kind in Japan.

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows a hybrid model of Honda Motor Co.'s popular Fit subcompact that the automaker released Oct. 8, 2010. Honda sells the gasoline-electric vehicle as the cheapest model of its kind in Japan at the price of 1.59 million yen.

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Honda Fit subcompact with UV protection windshield

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s ''She's'' subcompact, a special edition of the popular Fit subcompact with a pink body and seats, and a windshield that can filter ultraviolet and infrared rays.

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Fuel-efficient Mazda2 unveiled at L.A. Auto Show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (L) and Mazda Motor of America Inc. President James O'Sullivan unveil the Mazda2, or Demio in Japan, at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Dec. 2, 2009. Mazda decided to release the subcompact next year in the North American market, where demand is growing for fuel-efficient cars.

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Mazda unveils new sedan at Guangzhou motor show

GUANGZHOU, China - Mazda Motor Corp. unveils the Mazda 2 subcompact at the 5th Guangzhou International Motor Show on Nov. 19. The event, which will open to the public from Nov. 20 to 26, is attracting increasing international interest as Guangzhou has emerged as the hub of China's auto industry. Mazda 2 is the export version of the Mazda subcompact sold in Japan as the award-winning Demio.

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Demio voted Car of the Year by auto researchers, journalists

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp.'s Demio subcompact (photo) was voted Car of the Year by members of the Automobile Researchers and Journalists Conference of Japan on Nov. 13. Mazda released the new Demio, the first complete model change in five years, in July and had sold 25,000 units by Oct. 31.

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Honda unveils all-new Fit subcompact car in Japan

TOKYO, Japan -Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui stands by an all-new Fit subcompact car at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 18.

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Toyota releases new Belta subcompact sedan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. on Nov. 28 released a new subcompact sedan named the Belta, powered either by a 1.0- or 1.3-liter engine, for sale in the domestic market. The car, 4.3 meters long and 1.7 meters wide, is Toyota's smallest sedan and comes in two- and four-wheel-drive models.

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Toyota releases new Belta subcompact sedan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. on Nov. 28 released a new subcompact sedan named the Belta, powered either by a 1.0- or 1.3-liter engine, for sale in the domestic market. The car, 4.3 meters long and 1.7 meters wide, is Toyota's smallest sedan and comes in two- and four-wheel-drive models.

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Suzuki Motor to sell Daewoo-built cars in N. American market

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Verona subcompact sedan, one of the three car models Suzuki Motor Corp. will start selling in North America in 2004. Suzuki said Feb. 13 the three car models were built by South Korea's GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. (GMDAT), an auto-making joint venture General Motors Corp. and Suzuki set up last year with the creditor banks of bankrupt Daewoo Motor Co.

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Renault to develop subcompact cars of 6,000-dollar price

PARIS, France - Georges Douin, executive vice president at Renault SA, tells a press conference in Paris, on Sept. 10, that the French carmaker aims to develop subcompact cars of about a 6,000-dollar price range for developing countries. Renault is eyeing Nissan Motor Co. of Japan for production and sales of the cars in the Southeast Asian market because the Japanese carmaker has production and sales bases in the Philippines and Indonesia, Douin said.

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Demio voted Car of the Year by auto researchers, journalists

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp.'s Demio subcompact (photo) was voted Car of the Year by members of the Automobile Researchers and Journalists Conference of Japan on Nov. 13. Mazda released the new Demio, the first complete model change in five years, in July and had sold 25,000 units by Oct. 31. (Kyodo)

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Toyota recalls around 6.5 million vehicles because of fire hazard

Combination photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Vitz (above) and Ractis subcompact cars. The automaker said Oct. 21, 2015, it is recalling around 6.5 million vehicles globally to fix power window switches and that the recall involves 600,965 vehicles in Japan under six models, including Vitz and Ractis models produced between 2005 and 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota unveils new model under Scion brand

Photo taken March 31, 2015, in New York shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s iA sedan, to be launched under its Scion brand this autumn in the United States. The iA, based on the Mazda2 subcompact, sports a 1500cc, 106 horsepower engine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda Fit subcompact with UV protection windshield

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s ''She's'' subcompact, a special edition of the popular Fit subcompact with a pink body and seats, and a windshield that can filter ultraviolet and infrared rays. (Kyodo)

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Toyota releases new Belta subcompact sedan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. on Nov. 28 released a new subcompact sedan named the Belta, powered either by a 1.0- or 1.3-liter engine, for sale in the domestic market. The car, 4.3 meters long and 1.7 meters wide, is Toyota's smallest sedan and comes in two- and four-wheel-drive models. (Kyodo)

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Toyota releases new Belta subcompact sedan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. on Nov. 28 released a new subcompact sedan named the Belta, powered either by a 1.0- or 1.3-liter engine, for sale in the domestic market. The car, 4.3 meters long and 1.7 meters wide, is Toyota's smallest sedan and comes in two- and four-wheel-drive models. (Kyodo)

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Mazda unveils new sedan at Guangzhou motor show

GUANGZHOU, China - Mazda Motor Corp. unveils the Mazda 2 subcompact at the 5th Guangzhou International Motor Show on Nov. 19. The event, which will open to the public from Nov. 20 to 26, is attracting increasing international interest as Guangzhou has emerged as the hub of China's auto industry. Mazda 2 is the export version of the Mazda subcompact sold in Japan as the award-winning Demio. (Kyodo)

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Honda unveils all-new Fit subcompact car in Japan

TOKYO, Japan -Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui stands by an all-new Fit subcompact car at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 18. (Kyodo)

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows a hybrid model of Honda Motor Co.'s popular Fit subcompact that the automaker released Oct. 8, 2010. Honda sells the gasoline-electric vehicle as the cheapest model of its kind in Japan at the price of 1.59 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a ceremony on the debut of a hybrid model of its popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010. Ito said the automaker hopes the launch of the 1.59-million-yen gasoline-electric car, the cheapest in Japan of its kind, will help hybrid vehicles become more popular. (Kyodo)

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Toyota group's key factory in northeastern Japan

OHIRA, Japan - The assembly line is shown to reporters at a factory of Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary, to build subcompact cars in the village of Ohira in Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2011. A ceremony was held to mark the inauguration of the plant, positioned as a core assembly plant in northeastern Japan for the automotive group. (Kyodo)

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Honda's Fit Hybrid beats Toyota Prius in sales

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid, which according to reports on Feb. 1, 2011, lost top spot in Japan's passenger car market in January to Honda Motor Co.'s less expensive Fit Hybrid subcompact car. (Kyodo)

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Honda's Fit Hybrid beats Toyota Prius in sales

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s Fit Hybrid subcompact car, the least expensive hybrid vehicle in Japan. Reports on Feb. 1, 2011, said the model was the top seller in Japan's passenger car market in January, beating sales of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid, which had been the frontrunner for 20 months. (Kyodo)

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Mazda's flagship subcompact refurbished

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. CEO Masamichi Kogai stands beside the latest model of the "Demio," a flagship small car with improved fuel efficiency, at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Honda's Brio prototype for Asian markets

BANGKOK, Thailand - Takanobu Ito (2nd from R), president of Honda Motor Co., unveils a prototype of the Brio subcompact targeting Asian markets in Bangkok on Nov. 30, 2010. Honda plans to start selling the car in Thailand and India in 2011. (Kyodo)

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses beside a hybrid model of the automaker's popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010, after releasing the gasoline-electric vehicle the same day at the price of 1.59 million yen, making it the cheapest model of its kind in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Honda releases hybrid Fit

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses beside a hybrid model of the automaker's popular Fit subcompact in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010, after releasing the gasoline-electric vehicle the same day at the price of 1.59 million yen, making it the cheapest model of its kind in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Nissan's new Micra unveiled at Paris motor show

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. unveils the fifth generation model of its Micra subcompact car at the Paris Auto Show on Sept. 29, 2016, the first press day of the event. The show will be open to the public from Oct. 1 to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fuel-efficient Mazda2 unveiled at L.A. Auto Show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (L) and Mazda Motor of America Inc. President James O'Sullivan unveil the Mazda2, or Demio in Japan, at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Dec. 2, 2009. Mazda decided to release the subcompact next year in the North American market, where demand is growing for fuel-efficient cars. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki Motor to sell Daewoo-built cars in N. American market

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Verona subcompact sedan, one of the three car models Suzuki Motor Corp. will start selling in North America in 2004. Suzuki said Feb. 13 the three car models were built by South Korea's GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. (GMDAT), an auto-making joint venture General Motors Corp. and Suzuki set up last year with the creditor banks of bankrupt Daewoo Motor Co. (Kyodo)

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Renault to develop subcompact cars of 6,000-dollar price

PARIS, France - Georges Douin, executive vice president at Renault SA, tells a press conference in Paris, on Sept. 10, that the French carmaker aims to develop subcompact cars of about a 6,000-dollar price range for developing countries. Renault is eyeing Nissan Motor Co. of Japan for production and sales of the cars in the Southeast Asian market because the Japanese carmaker has production and sales bases in the Philippines and Indonesia, Douin said.

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Toyota mulls closing Prizm assembly lines in U.S.

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. is considering closing assembly lines for the Prizm model at the Fremont, CA plant of New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), a joint venture with General Motors Corp. of the United States, due to weak sales of the model in the U.S., company officials said in Nagoya on Aug. 14. About 45,000 Prizm subcompact cars were assembled last year.