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Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 3/25/13 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 4/1/13, at 9:03am ET · For: 3/25/13 · Accession #: 1062993-13-1563 · File #: 1-33997

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/01/13  Kandi Technologies Group, Inc.    10-K        3/25/13  107:8.2M                                   Newsfile Corp/FA

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report -- form10k                            HTML    703K 
 2: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel -- exhibit23-1        HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02 -- exhibit31-1       HTML     30K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02 -- exhibit31-2       HTML     30K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02 -- exhibit32-1       HTML     27K 
70: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     57K 
55: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    193K 
66: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets [Parenthetical]         HTML     46K 
74: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income and               HTML    115K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
96: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders  HTML     62K 
                Equity                                                           
57: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow                HTML    189K 
65: R7          Organization and Principal Activities               HTML     33K 
49: R8          Liquidity                                           HTML     30K 
39: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     28K 
99: R10         Principles of Consolidation                         HTML     37K 
76: R11         Use of Estimates                                    HTML     28K 
75: R12         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     66K 
82: R13         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     35K 
83: R14         Concentrations                                      HTML     48K 
80: R15         Income Per Share                                    HTML     35K 
84: R16         Inventories                                         HTML     34K 
67: R17         Notes Receivable                                    HTML     40K 
71: R18         Land Use Rights                                     HTML     34K 
78: R19         Plant and Equipment                                 HTML     40K 
107: R20         Due To/From Related Parties                         HTML     34K  
92: R21         Short Term Bank Loans                               HTML     62K 
61: R22         Notes Payable                                       HTML     57K 
77: R23         Bond Payable                                        HTML     32K 
63: R24         Taxes                                               HTML     64K 
30: R25         Stock Options, Warrants and Convertible Notes       HTML     44K 
93: R26         Stock Award                                         HTML     29K 
103: R27         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     37K  
44: R28         Business Combination                                HTML     39K 
43: R29         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     47K 
47: R30         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     34K 
48: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    148K 
                (Policies)                                                       
50: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     52K 
                (Tables)                                                         
19: R33         Concentrations (Tables)                             HTML     46K 
90: R34         Income Per Share (Tables)                           HTML     31K 
59: R35         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
62: R36         Notes Receivable (Tables)                           HTML     39K 
34: R37         Land Use Rights (Tables)                            HTML     34K 
106: R38         Plant and Equipment (Tables)                        HTML     38K  
12: R39         Due To/From Related Parties (Tables)                HTML     29K 
52: R40         Short Term Bank Loans (Tables)                      HTML     58K 
95: R41         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     57K 
32: R42         Bond Payable (Tables)                               HTML     32K 
42: R43         Taxes (Tables)                                      HTML     59K 
46: R44         Stock Options, Warrants and Convertible Notes       HTML     38K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R45         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     37K 
18: R46         Business Combination (Tables)                       HTML     30K 
38: R47         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     32K 
14: R48         Organization and Principal Activities (Narrative)   HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R49         Liquidity (Narrative) (Details)                     HTML     33K 
31: R50         Principles of Consolidation (Narrative) (Details)   HTML     32K 
91: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     40K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
35: R52         Income Per Share (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     28K 
53: R53         Land Use Rights (Narrative) (Details)               HTML     39K 
13: R54         Plant and Equipment (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     37K 
16: R55         Short Term Bank Loans (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     54K 
45: R56         Notes Payable (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     33K 
23: R57         Bond Payable (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     32K 
100: R58         Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                         HTML     53K  
58: R59         Stock Options, Warrants and Convertible Notes       HTML    141K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
81: R60         Stock Award (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     33K 
37: R61         Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     30K 
40: R62         Business Combination (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     32K 
88: R63         Commitments and Contingencies (Narrative)           HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R64         Subsequent Event (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     51K 
60: R65         Schedule of Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping   HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R66         Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details)     HTML     34K 
36: R67         Schedule of Property and Equipment Estimated        HTML     37K 
                Useful Lives (Details)                                           
64: R68         Schedule of Average Foreign Currency Exchange       HTML     34K 
                Rates (Details)                                                  
102: R69         Schedule of Revenue and Accounts Receivable         HTML     70K  
                Percentage by Major Customers (Details)                          
15: R70         Schedule of Purchases and Accounts Payable          HTML     70K 
                Percentage by Major Suppliers (Details)                          
29: R71         Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted   HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R72         Schedule of Inventories (Details)                   HTML     49K 
21: R73         Schedule of Notes Receivable (Details)              HTML     49K 
105: R74         Schedule of Detailed Unrelated Party Notes          HTML     33K  
                Receivable (Details)                                             
33: R75         Schedule of Land Use Rights (Details)               HTML     38K 
24: R76         Schedule of Land Use Rights Expected Amortization   HTML     41K 
                Expense (Details)                                                
28: R77         Schedule of Plant and Equipment (Details)           HTML     78K 
17: R78         Schedule of Related Party Transactions (Details)    HTML     34K 
20: R79         Schedule of Short-term Bank Loans (Details)         HTML    168K 
72: R80         Schedule of Notes Payable (Details)                 HTML    203K 
26: R81         Schedule of Restricted Cash Held As Collateral For  HTML     41K 
                Notes Payable (Details)                                          
101: R82         Schedule of Bond Payable (Details)                  HTML     36K  
51: R83         Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense        HTML     38K 
                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
79: R84         Schedule of Expected Components of Income Tax       HTML     47K 
                Expense (Benefit) (Details)                                      
86: R85         Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities     HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
25: R86         Summary of Income Tax Holiday (Details)             HTML     34K 
27: R87         Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock         HTML     48K 
                Options, Activity (Details)                                      
98: R88         Schedule of Disclosure of Share-based               HTML     49K 
                Compensation, Stock Option Outstanding Summary                   
                (Details)                                                        
22: R89         Schedule of Intangible Assets (Details)             HTML     44K 
73: R90         Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future  HTML     41K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
69: R91         Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation (Details)     HTML     42K 
89: R92         Schedule of Guarantees For Bank Loans (Details)     HTML     36K 
68: R93         Schedule for Pledged Collateral For A Third Partys  HTML     30K 
                Bank Loans (Details)                                             
104: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    162K  
41: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    774K 
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11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kndi-20121231_pre              XML   1.70M 
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Filing Submission 0001062993-13-001563 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 3/25/13 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 4/1/13, at 9:03am ET · For: 3/25/13 · Accession #: 1062993-13-1563 · File #: 1-33997

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — kndi-20121231_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

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Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
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