Principal activities and organization (Details Textual)	Mar. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	49.00%	31.294%
SZ Highpower [Member]
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		31.294%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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