Reuters: China’s state-owned Chang’an Automobile group has started making its own hybrid cars, the first such move by a Chinese automaker, the Xinhua news agency reported. Mass production of the Chinese-designed car, which consumes 20 percent less fuel than ordinary cars of the same size, was launched after six years of research and development, Xinhua said late on Friday. “This shows Chinese automakers have grasped the core technology of making hybrid cars,” the report said, …