'Bootleg' electric cars thrive in China's second-tier cities

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DATE : wed, 03 feb 2010 01:01:02 EDT
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In China, we meet a modern-day Thomas Edison who helped give birth to the country's "knockoff" electric car industry. Chinese consumers in second-tier cities can't get enough of these small, cheap electric cars that require 6 hours of charging to go 75 miles -- at a maximum of 35 mph. Video journalist Jimmy Wang reported and produced the video for TIME.