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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 16 2015, @01:32PM
>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,
there's two weeks left in 2015. predictions can eat a dick. give me the stats.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Thursday December 17 2015, @06:52PM
>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,
there's two weeks left in 2015. predictions can eat a dick. give me the stats.
They are predicting a huge Christmas sales season.