Global zero-carbon transportation: promoting the rapid development of the new energy vehicle market

China: Global new energy vehicle production and sales ranked first for three consecutive years

    According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the production of new energy vehicles in China in 2018 was 1.27 million units, and the sales volume was 1.256 million units, an increase of 59.9% and 61.7% respectively compared with the same period of the previous year. As of 2021, China's new energy vehicle production and sales have ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, becoming the world's largest electric vehicle market.

    The problem of insufficient charging infrastructure has become increasingly prominent as the number of new energy vehicles continues to grow. In addition, problems such as short battery mileage and difficulty in charging electric vehicles are still the biggest challenges for China's electric vehicle industry.

Norway: The world's first electric car per capita

    Norway has been developing the electric vehicle industry since 1970. In response to energy conservation, emission reduction, and environmental protection, the Norwegian government has announced that by 2025, the market share of all electric vehicles, including light passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and urban buses, will reach 100%. All cars will have zero emissions.

    Today, Norway has the highest number of electric vehicles per capita in the world. Due to the rich hydropower resources in Norway, more than 95% of electricity comes from hydropower, which not only reduces the adverse impact of greenhouse gas emissions, but also greatly reduces the cost of charging electric vehicles.

France: The number of electric vehicle charging stations ranked 1st in the world

    France announced in 2017 that it planned to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel cars completely by 2040, and expects to sell more than one million electric vehicles in 2022. In order to achieve the above goals, the French government has taken a series of measures to accelerate the construction of electric vehicle supporting infrastructure.

This has prompted EV companies such as Autolib to speed up production and sales of their own charging stations. In proposals passed in 2017, France gave tax breaks to encourage companies to invest in charging stations.

    According to data released by the British company OSV, in the whole year of 2017, France built a total of 11,987 electric vehicle charging points, becoming the country with the largest number of new charging stations in the world. According to the French government plan, it is expected that by 2025, the number of charging piles in France will reach seven million.

United States: Electric vehicle sales growth is the world's first

    According to Bloomberg statistics, Tesla Model 3 sold about 138,000 units in the United States in 2018, accounting for about 38% of the total sales of electric vehicles in the United States in 2018, making it the second largest electric vehicle market in the world after China.

    As early as 2012, the national innovation plan for electric vehicles, "New Energy Vehicle Strategic Planning Blueprint" was officially launched, and it was clearly stated that pure electric vehicles would be the main direction of the new energy vehicle industry. Dependence on imported oil.

    According to data from the Inside EVs website, the total sales of electric vehicles in the United States in 2018 exceeded 360,000 units, an increase of nearly 81% over 2017, far exceeding expectations. The government has also invested $400 million to support infrastructure such as charging stations. Among them, Maryland not only provides a 20% tax credit, but also provides a 50% refund subsidy for households to install charging sockets for self-use hybrid vehicles.

Japan: One of the earliest countries to develop electric vehicles

    Japan is one of the earliest countries in the world to develop electric vehicles. As early as 1947, Tokyo Electric Vehicle Company launched an electric vehicle called TAMA with a single cruising range of 65 kilometers.

    Subsequently, Japan released the "Japan's New Generation Vehicle Strategy" in 2010. The article stated that Japan will continue to develop energy-saving and efficient new energy vehicles. It plans to realize the realization of new vehicles sold in Japan by 2020, including electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, etc. The goal of "new generation vehicles" accounting for 50% of total sales, and setting up 2 million ordinary electric vehicle charging stations and 5,000 fast charging stations by 2020.

    In 2018, the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Officials Association announced that Japanese passenger cars will be fully upgraded to electrification. By 2050, Japanese automakers will no longer sell pure internal combustion engine models in the world.

UK: Release of latest strategy for zero-carbon transport

    In order to achieve its carbon emission reduction goals, the British government announced in 2009 that it plans to have 396,000-413,000 electric vehicles in the UK by 2020, and is expected to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles in 2040. The UK announced in 2018 that ultra-low emission vehicles would account for at least 50% of new car sales nationwide by 2030.

The UK government's electric vehicle subsidy fee:

•     A subsidy of EUR 4,500 for the purchase of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles with CO2 emissions below 50g/km and a range of more than 70 miles in electric mode

•     A subsidy of 2,500 euros for a range of less than 70 miles in electric mode

    By the end of 2016, there were more than 2,700 electric-side charging stations in the UK, the total number of charging piles was about 12,000, and the number of ordinary charging piles was close to about 9,000. However, there are still many British electric vehicle drivers who think that the number of charging piles is still not enough, and the single charging experience is not good.

Germany: The development of the electric vehicle industry is at the forefront

    Germany promulgated the "National Electric Vehicle Development Plan" in 2009. It is planned that there will be 1 million electric vehicles by 2020, and the number of electric vehicles is planned to increase to 6 million by 2030.

    According to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, as of June 2018, there were more than 25,000 electric vehicle charging stations in Germany, accounting for 21.6% of the total number of charging stations in the EU, second only to the Netherlands.

Although only 150,000 vehicles were registered as electric or hybrid vehicles in Germany as of 2018, Germany’s investment in electric vehicle technology and infrastructure is still among the highest in the world. According to the data in the "2018 Global Electric Vehicle Development Index" released by consulting firm Roland Berger, Germany still leads the world in terms of new energy vehicle technology, and its technical index score is second only to France.

India: The country with the most "expensive cost" to develop electric vehicles

    According to data from the World Health Organization, India accounts for four of the five most polluted cities in the world, and improving air quality is particularly urgent for India.

To this end, the Indian government announced the development goal of electric vehicles in 2013: strive to increase the sales of electric vehicles to seven million units by 2020. But as far as the current development of the Indian electric vehicle industry is concerned, this is a completely impossible task.

    From the perspective of fiscal year 2017, the sales of electric two-wheelers in India were about 55,000, but the cumulative sales of electric vehicles in India in 2017 was only about 6,800, an increase of about 2,000 over the previous year, and most of them were contributed by the government purchase.

    India's cabinet approved a $1.4 billion subsidy scheme to subsidize sales of electric and hybrid vehicles. And India's Central Excise and Customs Bureau and the Customs have notified that the import duty rate of electric vehicle detachable kits will be reduced to 10%.