A small Chinese automaker stopped production last month of a two-person electric car after DaimlerChrysler complained that it looked too much like its Smart car. Shandong Huoyun Electromobile Co., based in the eastern coastal province of Shandong, started production of the City Spirit in August. Shandong Huoyun used a toy model Smart car purchased via the Internet to help with the design, the company says. "We definitely did not expect our car to resemble the original," says Wang Fei, an executive at Shandong Huoyun. [AWO]
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