2nd ICAI 2022

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2022

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

lower level of motorization, transportation contributes about a tenth of overall emissions of greenhouse gases. However, it is predicted that emissions frommeans of transportation in China will increase until the year 2030 as a result of greater motorization (Li et al., 2016). That is one of the reasons why the government of China introduced measures to support clean means of transport in 2019. 2. Problem Formulation and Methodology In the past few years the Chinese market for electric vehicles has been growing dynamically. Rapid technological developments, strong domestic demand, generous incentives, and strict regulations, as well as the ambitions of Chinese carmakers, have helped spur demand. This paper will show the development of the market for electric vehicles in China so far, outline future trends, and shed light on the ambitions of Chinese brands for increasing exports to foreign markets. 2.1 Model and Data To evaluate current developments in the market for electric vehicles in China and confirm China’s position as a global leader in the area of electromobility, we must first quantify the trends in the production and sales of electric vehicles on the Chinese market and the share of Chinese production in the global market for EVs. We will enumerate China’s share of the world market for EVs in terms of its industry’s contribution to electric vehicles in operation. The global ambitions of Chinese producers will be demonstrated by reference to the percentage of China’s production of passenger cars that are destined for export. 3.1 China’s Goals and Measures to Support Electromobility The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology unveiled a plan in 2016 for development of the automobile industry with the title Technology Roadmap for Energy-Saving Vehicles and New Energy Vehicles (GIZ, 2018). New energy vehicles (NEV) include battery electric vehicles (BEVs), fuel cell electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The goal was to increase total production of vehicles in China to 35 million in the year 2025, of which 15 percent should be NEVs. By 2030 the share of NEVs in newly produced vehicles was to increase to 40 percent. In October 2021 the Chinese government published two documents to assist in the effort to achieve peak greenhouse gas emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. The first is a set of guidelines for the country’s climate action and the second is an action plan for achieving the peak in emissions. The action plan includes support for low-emission transportation, such that the share of new energy vehicles in total new sales will be about 40 percent by 2030 and the carbon emission intensity of commercial vehicles will decline by about 9.5 percent in 2030 compared to 2020. According to the action plan, a large part of the government’s support will be allocated to development of charging and refueling infrastructure (News.cn, 2021). 3. Problem Solution

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