China targeting 5M electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2020
19 April 2012
China’s State Council will take steps to accelerate the promotion of pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, and popularize non-plug-in hybrid vehicles and more efficient internal combustion engine vehicles. The State Council is the highest executive organ of State power in China, as well as the highest organ of State administration.
The cultivation and development of the new energy and more efficient conventional vehicles will ease pressure on energy and the environment, promote the transformation and upgrading of the automotive industry, and foster new economic growth, according to the Council.
The State Council is targeting 500,000 plug-in vehicles by 2015, jumping up to 5 million by 2020. The government is also targeting a reduction in average fuel consumption of passenger cars from 6.9 L/100 km (34 mpg US) in 2015 to 5.0 L/100 km (47 mpg US) by 2020.
In a statement, the State Council outlined four primary steps to achieve its goals:
Technology. Establishing an R&D system to produce breakthroughs in core technologies, including batteries.
Popularization. Steps to accelerate the popularization will include broadening pilot demonstrations as well as subsidies to support the private purchase of new energy vehicles.
Infrastructure. China will build public fast charge facilities as well as develop battery recycling.
Tax and fiscal policy. Improvements to tax and fiscal policies are intended to create a conducive market environment.
The State Council stressed that the development of energy-saving and new energy automotive industry must avoid blind investment and redundant construction.
That could be close to 25% of the total China car production. Good progressive objective that can be met if licensing of ICEVs are curtailed and China can do it.
Posted by: HarveyD | 19 April 2012 at 08:59 AM
5 million by 2020 is about 700k per year starting from now.
Posted by: Engineer-Poet | 19 April 2012 at 10:14 AM
"500,000 plug-in vehicles by 2015, jumping up to 5 million by 2020"
VERY ambitious goals, when you are a central communist government, what you say goes. They do not debate it endlessly with obstructionist ideologies.
Posted by: SJC | 19 April 2012 at 10:41 AM
Great, charging sockets at work and shopping centers,and that will make 15-mile-PHEV practical.
Posted by: Roger Pham | 19 April 2012 at 11:18 PM
They're practical now; ubiquitous charging stations would just let them eliminate a lot more fuel burn.
Posted by: Engineer-Poet | 20 April 2012 at 08:32 AM
Why would anyone think that China will have 5 million plug-in vehicles by 2020?
Because they SAID they would?
Ha.
Besides, they only said they are "targeting".
Posted by: ToppaTom | 23 April 2012 at 09:05 PM