Chinese Turn Sebring Into Attractive Electric CarS  I wonder if
there's an equivalent saying in Mandarin for "when life gives
you lemons, make lemonade." In this case, the lemon is the
Chrysler Sebring and the lemonade is this surprisingly
attractive Chinese electric car.  View gallery »  Chrysler
produces the crappy Sebring in China in partnership with Beijing
Automotive, so this isn't a case of the Chinese ripping off the
worst car in Fiat's portfolio, but rather building a version of
it under license.  Equipped with a lithium iron phosphate
battery pack, the Beijing BE701 EV can travel up to 125 miles
and 100 MPH on a charge. Nothing terribly new there, but the
company is using the couple hundred it plans to produce for a
trial electric taxi service in Beijing (the city, not the car
company), where high-voltage charging stations will recharge
cars in under an hour. [via TheTycho]