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China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years

posted by cmn32480 on Monday February 06 2017, @01:43AM   Printer-friendly

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In the end of 2015, China had 170.000 of the 173.000 ebuses circulating in the World. That's right, 98% of them were in zooming in The Big Red Giant, which i think says it all about the role of that country on the change happening towards eMobility.

[...] Just focusing on all-electric Buses, sales grew to 115.700 units in 2016, which represents some 20% market share, with Yutong still in the lead, followed by BYD and Nanjing.with the first growing 36% YoY and the second more than 50%.

With this kind of growth and market share, it is expected that China goes all-electric in this category in less than 10 years, maybe five, so it is no wonder that large cities like Shenzen are already envisioning an all-electric 15.000 fleet of Buses...In 2017.

https://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2017/01/china-buses-2016.html

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by arslan on Monday February 06 2017, @03:18AM

    by arslan (3462) on Monday February 06 2017, @03:18AM (#463272)

    Aren't they also investing into Nuclear plants? I haven't keep up to date, but from time to time you see news like these:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/china-to-build-40-nuclear-power-plants-over-the-next-five-years-a6795401.html [independent.co.uk]

    I would imagine that it isn't just shifting pollution...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @04:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @04:11PM (#463474)

    I would imagine that it isn't just shifting pollution...

    In a sense, it is: Shifting from coal exhaust to nuclear waste.