Latest Progress of Electric Vehicles in China

11/12/2017

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It might seem like there’s more news about electric cars lately than actual electric vehicles on the road. China recently has some interesting movements about this.

High-speed railway train from Chongqing to Lanzhou. (image: Chinadaily)

Shenzhen will be the first city that achieves buses electrification in China by the end of 2017. (Image: Shenzhendaily)

Shenzhen Progress: the First Self-driving Buses Trial and Fully Electrification of Buses in 2017

​Shenzhen has started the first trial of self-driving buses, the first in China, possibly might have been the first test of its kind in the world

One of the passengers even left the bus during the trial. He said"It was an interesting experience. AI is actually effecting our life now."

Human error is a major cause of road accidents worldwide. There have been about 260,000 road fatalities each year in China, according to a World Health Organisation estimate published in May last year.The main advantage of driverless buses will increased safety. 

Each self-driving bus is equipped with a range of active safety features, including lasers, radar, sensors and a visual scanning system that monitored the vehicle’s surroundings without any blind spot. At the same time, a human driver is stationed at the steering wheel, ready to take over if the vehicle encountered a situation that it cannot automatically handle. 

​Meanwhile, the fleet of Shenzhen buses will be full electrification by the end of 2017. Shenzhen has been working on the transition to a 100 percent electric fleet over the last few years with the technical support from a local company called BYD, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of electric vehicles.


​Read more at shanghailist.com 

"Chinese red" buses in Beijing will hit the road (image:udn.com)

First 10 Electric Buses hits Beijing’s Centre

Beijing has just launched the first 10 electric buses,which will, for the first time, service the public in the city centre utlising PM 2.5 automatic filtration devices as well as an enhanced safety system. Buses will be charged at high-power quick charging points, which only takes 15-20 mins.

The current buses will work in a route that is exclusively adopted for electric buses in the future in cooperation with the trend that by the end of 2018, 4,356 electric buses will hit the road with the increasing number of charging station and related facilities.


​Read more at udn.com

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The rebate will encourage eletric vehicles purchase(Image: Chinadaily )

A Tax Rebate for Electric Vehicles is to be extended

China is said to extend Tax Rebate to electric vehicles to reach clean-Fuel Auto Goal since,according to Bloomberg Technology, This information is provided by people with knowledge of this matter.The Ministry of Finance didn’t respond to a fax seeking comments.  

 “China wants the number of new energy vehicles to grow, and I’m sure they’ll take any additional steps if they’re not meeting their targets,” said Yunshi Wang, director of the China Center for Energy and Transportation at the University of California, Davis.

On the other hand, apart from the advantage of the electric cars has brought to China. A shortage of both in-home and public recharging stations remains a massive, unsolved challenge, the research group says. Public awareness and enthusiasm for electric cars need to grow, and this, in turn, will encourage governments to maintain public subsidies as the technology matures.

​All in all, China is making an effort to push on the electric cars in the country

Read more at ​bloomberg.com

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