The Chinese government maintains its sales targets for electric vehicles
- Sales of electric vehicles in China remained weak in 2013. Indeed, according to figures from the CAAM (China Association of Automobile Manufacturers), only 15 000 electric cars and 3 000 hybrid cars were sold last year, 18 000 vehicles in total (against 12 000 units 2012).
- Yet the Chinese government gives grants that go up to 60 000 yuan (7 323 euros) for electric vehicles and 35 000 yuan (4 272 euros) for plug-in hybrid vehicles, but it had little impact on the market.
- The Chinese government believes, however, that sales of electric vehicles in China are expected to grow to a volume of between 60 000 and 80 000 units in 2014, four times more than in 2013.
- The increase in sales of electric vehicles in China over the next few years should come first from fleets of buses and taxis, because individuals do not yet request this kind of vehicle.
- The objective of the Chinese government to have a fleet of 500 000 electric cars in China in 2015 and 5 000 000 in 2020 remains very difficult to achieve. As for the Renault-Nissan group (leader in electric vehicles) Chinese government targets for electric vehicle come up against the current price of these vehicles, the insufficient number of charging stations, the low range of these vehicles and the lack of public enthusiasm for this type of vehicle.
