Continued Policy Support Safeguards New Energy Vehicle Development

Date : 2023-06-08

2023-02-20 18:54 Source: Xinhua     

February 20, Beijing, Xinhua Question: Sustained policy effort to develop escorts for new energy vehicles

Xinhua News Agency, Wang Zheng Xinxin

The Ministry of Industry, Communications and Communications, in conjunction with the relevant departments, issued a circular to launch a nationwide pilot project for a full-scale electric front-loading of vehicles in the public domain; the Ministry of Commerce has clearly directed the regions to further optimize the environment for the use of new energy vehicles in various areas, such as licence plates, charging, and access; and has continued to expand the circulation of used vehicles and to speed up the development of a national information-seeking platform for used vehicles.

New energy vehicles are both an important support point for the growth of the automobile industry and for new dynamics, as well as an important force for industrial and economic stability. In the view of Chen Shihua, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Automotive Industry Association, our new energy vehicle is gradually entering a fully marketed expansion phase. A sustained policy build-up helps industries to overcome multiple factors, maintain a steady momentum and consolidate their strengths.

Into 4S, the new energy car was placed in a “gold spot” to attract consumers; in the business workshop, the automated production equipment was busy; and outside the factory, a new car was moving up and down to the overseas market.

In recent years, the domestic new energy automobile industry has grown rapidly. According to the China Federation of Mechanical Industries, in 2022, our new energy automobiles were sold in 7.05 million and 6.88 million, respectively, representing an increase of more than 90 per cent each year. According to data published by the General Customs Administration, 679,000 new energy vehicles were exported in 2022, a 1.2-fold increase over the same period. Despite the fall in domestic performance in the new energy automobile market in January 2023, influenced by, inter alia, the demand for early overdrafts under the car-purchase preferential policy and spring holidays, the industry has maintained a strong momentum in the long run.

The relevant officials of the Ministry of Industry and Communications stated that new energy vehicles were an important driving force in the automobile market, a priority industry, an important support for a steady drive, further expansion of new energy vehicle promotion, implementation of new energy vehicle lead power-based projects, and solid exercise of new advantages.

Zhejiang recently published the Zhejiang Province Programme of Action for Accelerated Development of the New Energy Automobile Industry, which calls for the upgrading of the size and competitiveness of the entire vehicle, the supply capacity of the entire industrial chain and the competitiveness of the spare parts and components with special advantages, inter alia, by increasing financial support for new energy car-related enterprises, optimizing power cell capacity, and optimizing the supply capacity of the entire industrial chain; the Chinese Association for the Automobile Industry recently issued a plan for opening up the Chinese vehicle operating system to promote synergy and innovation.

At the Yuko Automotive Yao factory in Zhejiang Ningbo, four workshops were run in parallel and thousands of smart devices were operating at high speed. Chen Guan Liu, Deputy Director-General for Manufacturing the Yu Yao Factory, Yuk Automotive, said that industrial chain synergy would be accelerated and the level of automated intelligent production would be continuously upgraded.

In mid-January, the Celesian new energy vehicle SERES5 was visible at the Brussels Car Fair in Belgium, with over 20,000 new car orders. The relevant head of the Cyrus Group stated that the firm had developed high-performance, pure electric power-driven and intelligent, incremental electro-pulsive technologies, introducing electric cars and triple power products, and had a solid market base in Europe.

Deep-farming industry chains and focus on key technologies seek to create core advantages. A range of practices in the industry continue to improve and optimize the environment for industrial development.

This spring break, the cumulative number of service orders for a charge-backed pole exceeds 900,000, 370,000 free-of-charge power exchanges for the owner at the freeway exchange station, and continuous optimization and exploration of charging patterns in an effort to defuse the “power anxiety” of the owner.

According to data recently released by the National Energy Agency, the number of charged infrastructure in our country reached 5.2 million in 2022, an increase of nearly 100 per cent over the same period.

The charging infrastructure continues to improve and the pattern of power switching is advancing. According to Skywatch data, to date there are more than 160,000 new energy-based car-to-wire-related enterprises in the country. Of these, more than 68,000 were newly registered in 2022.

The Ministry of Industry and Communications has indicated that it will promote the establishment of a modest, well-balanced, intelligent and efficient charging infrastructure system, the development of intelligent transport systems adapted to the innovative development of new energy vehicles, the green energy supply system and the new information and communication network system, the efficient interaction of new energy vehicles with the electricity grid and the integration of development in the areas of transport and communications.

But it is also important to note that Tesla has experienced a sharp drop in prices and that traditional cars, such as Mercedes, BMW and Audi, continue to introduce new energy models, which also expose the brands of domestically produced new energy vehicles to even greater market competition. The profitability, autonomous innovation and integrated competitiveness of the new domestic energy and automobile industry chain need to be further strengthened. At the same time, the risk of structural excess capacity of vehicles and power cells should be monitored, and the appropriate development of domestic lithium resources should be further developed to facilitate the recycling of power batteries.

In response, the General Engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Communications stated that the supply of new energy vehicles would be further strengthened, the environment for development would be optimized, the road map for green development of the automobile industry would be prepared, the supply of key raw materials and spare parts would be secured, the management of power cell recycling would be expedited and the recycling system would be improved.

“We will study and define follow-up support policies for new energy vehicles, further the application of power exchange models and demonstration of fuel cell vehicles, act as lead firms and national centres of innovation in manufacturing, and speed up the targeting and industrialization of new system batteries, car-coded chips, car operating systems, etc., to increase the pay-for-development of industries.” Tama Yong said.