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China Orders Agencies, Institutions to Buy Electrified Vehicles
China’s latest policy to promote sales of “new-energy” vehicles (NEVs) will require government and public institutions to allocate at least half their vehicle purchases to hybrids, plug-ins and electrics.
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China’s latest policy to promote sales of “new-energy” vehicles (NEVs) will require government and public institutions to allocate at least half their vehicle purchases to hybrids, plug-ins and electrics.
The State Council hasn’t indicated a timetable for the new directive. But it says the policy also promises to increase government spending by an unspecified amount for charging stations, battery research and the use of electrified public transport, according to the state’s Xhinhua news service.
Last autumn the council said it would increase subsidies to help build a charging network big enough to support a fleet of 5 million plug-in hybrids by 2020.
NEV sales in China more than tripled to 331,100 units in 2015, according to the state-backed China Assn. of Automobile Manufacturers. Demand has been bolstered over the past two years by tax breaks and consumer sales incentives as great as 114,000 yuan ($17,400) per vehicle.
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