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The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has predicted that 220,000 to 250,000 electric cars (including plug-in hybrids) will be sold in China in 2015, likely surpassing sales in the United States which was the biggest market last year. According to CAAM, 171,145 such vehicles were sold in the first 10 months of 2015, 2.9 times the number sold during the comparable portion of 2014. Although they are predicted to comprise only 0.9% of the total vehicles sold, electric cars have rapidly grown in popularity, thanks at least in part to incentives by the national, Shanghai, and Beijing governments, which seek to lessen air pollution.
CAAM's secretary-general asked attendees at an automotive conference to pay greater attention to "vehicle safety and the quality of batteries."
In related news, the governor of Nevada announced that the Chinese-backed company Faraday Future, which currently has its office in California, chose North Las Vegas as the site for a factory where electric cars will be made. Nevada offered subsidies worth $335 million to attract the company.
sources:
- Xinhua
- Quartz
- National Public Radio
- Barron's [Login Required]
- Bloomberg via Times of India
- Jamaica Gleaner
- LasVegasNow.com
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday December 16 2015, @12:08AM
if i've learned anything from the Chinese government officials it's that they will do whatever is in their own best interest,
Crazy thought, but, perhaps they consider not needing SCUBA* gear to go outside in their best interest. The recent Red Alert in Beijing clocked concentrations that were immediately hazardous to human health.
*technically, that would be SCBA gear.