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China Pushes Electric Car Plan Back To 2019 September 30th, 2017 by Steve Hanley, Clean Technica

“In June, there were reports that the date would be pushed back by a year. Then just two weeks later, other reports said Chinese officials would stick to their original timetable. In the end, everybody got a little bit of what they wanted.

Carmakers will (now) have until the start of 2019 to meet China’s electric car targets, but there’s a catch. The original plan required 8% of sales to be qualifying electric cars (the plan assigns different weights to each car, depending on whether it is a plug-in hybrid or fully electric car, while conventional hybrids are excluded from consideration).”

Read more: https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/30/china-pushes-electric-car-plan-back-2019/

LS comment:  BYD Song PHEV, a Chinese enterprise, seems to dominate the EV sales in China, but the race goes on in North America where Nissan seems to dominate. That would change rapidly in NA if governments would simply set a date for excluding fossil fueled operation in all urban cities. BC led the way in emission standards 20 years ago; it is time for BC to do likewise for all EV licensing in urban communities NOW; e.g. starting 2020 !!!

This subject was previously presented just a few month ago in:  https://thejamesbaycritic.tumblr.com/post/155853764226/the-future-is-here-we-are-not-ready-in-all

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State-owned Enterprises to Benefit Most from Electrical Vehicle Standards

2nd Nov reported by 21st Century Economics Report

Recently, the industry standards for Chinese electrical vehicles have drawn public attention again. It is reported that Outline Standard for Pure Electrical Cars will be launched right upon the approval of National Standard Committee.

This widely noticed policy seems not so well received in Chinese automotive industry. In a survey conducted during 24th and 28th Oct among 2105 industry insiders, only 23% deemed that the standards could be launched by the end of 2011 or early 2012, whilst 46% thought otherwise, and 31% doubted the standards could be successfully issued.

Lack of Industry Standards

The policy makers of Chinese automotive industry consider pure electrical cars as the top priority and expect to accelerate the industry development by leaping to the sector without any transitional auto products. However, the road map for electrical vehicles has not been determined, and the relevant industry standards are still not clear. The carmakers that take lead in actions in developing electrical vehicles might be subject to loss of early-stage R&D fee. Besides, the long industry chain and the large number of shareholders involved makes it difficult and complicated for the industry standards to be finalized.

As to whether Chinese electrical vehicle sector should adopt the international standard or not, it has not been much discussed. Judging from the current industry situation, however, the answer seems to be: Yes. 

The Biggest Beneficiary

The debate on the industry standards indeed underlies the power struggle among various parties that will be influenced by the new policy. Undoubtedly, the parties that directly participate in the standard-making process and manage to get their proposal accepted will benefit most once the standards are launched, and will have huge advantage in the future market.

The large state-owned companies and the central enterprises, as the major participants in policy-making, are thus considered to be the biggest beneficiary. The foreign-invested companies are also expected to enjoy tremendous benefit, considering their industry expertise, advanced technology, and well-developed sales network. The private companies, in comparison, are assumed to benefit less due to their relevant weaker competitiveness.