Chery Hybrid Debuts at the Olympics

Keep an eye out during the opening ceremonies tonight and throughout the games for Chery’s new hybrids based on its A5 model. The Chinese company’s 10 ISG hybrids and 40 BSG hybrids make up more than half the official Olympic fleet and mark the first time an Chinese brand has participated in the games.

According to a press release from Chery, the first electric car to be used in the Olympic games was at Munich in 1972. While Chery’s cars are hybrids, not EVs, they do improve gas mileage by 15-30%, and cut emissions by 12%. The cars will go into full production after the Olympics.

Volkswagen Group is also supplying cars to the games, with a massive fleet of low-consumption, low-emissions vehicles from its Chinese lineup. Their fleet of 5,000 vehicles includes the Magotan 2.0 TDI, Sagitar 1.4 TSI, Touran EcoFuel, Tiguan 2.0 TDI and Magotan BlueMotion.