My comment: Double-check indicates 四月份中国的汽车产量为155万辆 should be "销"量.
2011年4月汽车产销信息发布会通稿. 中国汽车工业协会 China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), May 11, 2011.
http://www.auto-stats.org.cn/ReadArticle.asp?NewsID=6963
(2) Norihiko Shirouzu, GM Bets Big on Rural China Markets; Success of Microvans Prompts Push to Manufacture Other No-Frills Vehicles for Emerging Consumers. Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704740204576272291963926476.html
Note: Baojun 宝骏
(3) John Markoff, Google Lobbies Nevada to Allow Driverless Cars; Company may see state as testing ground. New York Times, May 11, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11drive.html?scp=1&sq=google%20nevada&st=cse
(Google spokesman "said the project was still very much in the testing phase")
Quote:
"Google’s autonomous vehicle ambitions hint at an emerging vehicle-industrial complex in Silicon Valley. Mercedes, Volkswagen and other carmakers have laboratories in the region, I.B.M. has a battery development initiative, and the Nummi plant in Fremont, once a joint venture of General Motors and Toyota, has been reopened by Tesla.
My comment: There is no need to read the rest.
(4) John Boudreau, China's Rough-and-Tumble Used-Car Market. San Jose Mercury News, May 6, 2011
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18014294?nclick_check=1
("The used-car market account for about 23 percent [all auto sales in China] now, according to the China Automobile Dealership Association. This year, the group estimates 4.2 million used cars will be sold, a tenth of the U.S. market")
Note:
(a) China Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) 中国汽车流通协会
http://www.china-cada.org.cn/%5BNew%5D%5BAspToHtml%5D~HoHO~~-_-!~~pIAoRou/Independence/2006-3/1/16_10_16_06311610166656_87227.html
(b) Shanghai Used Car Trading Market 上海二手车交易市场
(c) Qiming Venture Partners 启明维创投资咨询（上海）有限公司, 简称启明创投
(5) 中国相关简讯(2011年5月3日). VOA Chinese, May 3, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110503-CHINA-NEWS-BRIEF-121147794.html
(华泰集团将投资瑞典萨博汽车公司; 投资1.5亿欧元 or $215m)
Note: That is Hawtai Motor Group
http://www.hawtaimotor.com/english/