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China to boost electric car industry
Wednesday July 11, 2012 08:30:51 AM,
IANS
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Beijing: China has
rolled out a plan to boost its underdeveloped electric vehicle
industry, with a goal of making the industry more competitive in
the global marketplace, Xinhua reported.
The central government's plan calls for producing 500,000
electrical and hybrid cars by 2015, with the output of both types
of vehicles slated to grow to two million units by 2020, according
to the Chinese government website.
The plan's implementation is anticipated to drop average fuel
consumption per passenger vehicle to 6.9 litres of gasoline per
100 km by 2015. The fuel use per energy-saving passenger vehicle
will drop below 5.9 litres for every 100 km.
According to the plan, by 2020 average fuel consumption will be
five litres while that for energy-saving cars it will be below 4.5
litres.
On Monday, industry experts, however, warned that China was facing
a widening global gap in development of the sector, as other auto
producers were also moving to beef up their electric car
industries.
According to the 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report,
Chinese hybrid cars cannot save fuel as efficiently as their
foreign competitors.
The next 20 to 30 years will be a "critical period" which
witnesses formation of a global new-energy vehicle industry, said
the report jointly released by the Research Department of
Industrial Economics.
According to the government's plan, more charging facilities will
be built within and between cities to meet the public requirement.
The new-energy vehicle market is believed to have big growth
potential in China. The government will support the sector with
friendly tax policies and financial services, as well as make
greater efforts to train more professionals for the industry.
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