Car wars: Race to foster electric vehicles as China pushes for charging stations in new buildings
Is this the beginning of the end of fossil fuel cars in China? State Council fleshes out plans to boost electric car use.
New residential buildings in China must plan for electric car charging facilities in a major push towards the technology.
China will add to subsidies aimed at speeding up the building of electric car recharging stations, targeting enough infrastructure to handle 5 million plug-in vehicles by 2020.
Aid for charging facilities will be expanded and local governments will be asked to disclose their favourable policies and incentive offers, the guidelines state.
Newly-built residential buildings should all have charging facilities or set aside space for them, the cabinet said.
The State Council quietly released new guidelines on its website “without elaborating”, Bloomberg reported.