Chinese NEV subsidies prioritize higher driving range, energy density [CORRECTED]
By Martim Facada
Published: Thursday, 08 March 2018
China's 2018 new energy vehicle (NEV) subsidies prioritize pure electric vehicles with higher driving range and energy density while phasing out subsidies for vehicles with ranges of under 150km.
The NEV subsidy policy was first established in 2015 as part
of China's 13th Five-Year Plan to develop, consolidate and make
sustainable the Chinese battery industry.
The NEV subsidies have been adjusted annually to gradually
reduce state support from "necessary" - to see this industry
flourishing - to "auxiliary", while...