The government rigorously promotes the quantification of new energy vehicles on the road

The dismal sales did not affect local government's enthusiasm for new energy vehicles. According to incomplete statistics, a total of nearly 80,000 vehicles are expected to be launched on roads as announced by local governments. The governments of Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Hefei have begun to quantify the number of local new energy vehicles on the road in 2012.

Private car subsidies and government procurement are the two most direct measures that these cities support the development of the local new energy auto industry. Shenzhen promoted new energy vehicles through the Universiade in 2011 and obtained the approval of the relevant national authorities. In January 2012, Shenzhen recaptured the New Energy Auto “2011 Innovation City Operational Demonstration Award” from Beijing. Also honored by this honor are Hangzhou and Hefei.

Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Hefei are also considered by the industry as the three cities that are most interested in the new energy automotive industry. Shenzhen plans to have 4,500 new energy vehicles on the road in 2012. The government will purchase at least 2,000 pure electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles.

Under the encouragement of relevant state departments, Hangzhou has significantly increased the number of new energy vehicles that were previously expected to be promoted. In June 2011, it planned to promote 3,000 new energy vehicles in 2012. However, in January 2012, Hangzhou significantly increased this figure to 20,000 vehicles. As of 2011, only 1,374 new energy vehicles were on the road in Hangzhou.

Hefei's promotion plan for 2012 also exceeded 20,000 vehicles. In 2011, the new energy vehicles on Hefei Road were 181 electric buses and nearly 600 electric cars were promoted in the private sector. According to data from Hefei, the city will promote 22,500 new energy vehicles by 2012.

Wuhan also proposed that in 2012, more than 1,600 new energy vehicles were added, and the number of new additions was more than double the total number of promotions in the past few years; although Beijing did not publicize the number of new energy vehicles purchased by the government, it confirmed the private purchase by the end of 2012. With the number of new energy vehicles reaching 30,000, Chongqing is also expected to triple the number of new energy vehicles in 2012 than in 2011.

Some local cities without new energy automobile production companies have also begun to determine their promotion goals. Gaoming District, Foshan City plans to launch 550 new energy vehicles by the end of 2012. Relying on new energy vehicles produced by local automobile companies, the use of policy subsidies, public transport promotion and government procurement, etc., to seize the first cup of new energy automotive industry, is the basic business logic of local governments to support the new energy automotive industry.

To fuel the above-mentioned local governments is the long-term vision of the country's new energy vehicles. The state plans to have 1 million electric vehicles in China by 2020. Under this premise, there are “12th Five-Year” new energy vehicle plans in various regions. For example, Jilin Province plans to produce 200,000 new energy vehicles in the “12th Five Year Plan”, 460,000 in Beijing and 530,000 in Hebei. 300,000, 500,000 in Anhui, 700,000 in Guangdong, 400,000 in Hubei and Hunan, and 460,000 in Chongqing.

However, according to statistics from the China Automobile Association, only 8,368 new energy vehicles were produced domestically in 2011, of which 5655 were pure electric vehicles and 2713 were hybrid vehicles; 8,159 new energy vehicles were sold, including 5,579 pure electric vehicles. Hybrid 2580 vehicles.

There is no timetable for new energy vehicle planning. Under the premise that the private purchase of new energy vehicle market can not be opened through government financial subsidies, many local governments have begun to adopt government procurement methods to support the development of new energy automotive industry. Of the 4,500 new energy vehicles Shenzhen plans to go on the road in 2012, 2,000 of them are government procurement vehicles, including 500 electric taxis and 1,500 electric buses.

Most of the new energy vehicles planned for promotion are used in public areas such as buses, sanitation vehicles and taxis, and most of them are paid by the government. Shenzhen had purchased 1995 new energy vehicles before the opening of the Universiade.

When interviewed by this reporter, a person from the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission's Major Project Coordinating Department was reluctant to disclose how much money Shenzhen spent on these vehicles. “Shenzhen’s determination to develop a new energy automobile industry is large, mainly through financial subsidies for private car purchases and government procurement. Such methods promoted.” But he also admits that apart from this there is a lack of very effective means of promotion.

According to Zhong Shi, an insider in the industry, this type of government pays bills, and it is easy to achieve the set goals. However, the development of the entire new energy automobile industry is tantamount to a drop in the bucket. "It is only used as a demonstration of political achievements to a certain extent, but it cannot really create commodity effects."

Dong Yang, executive deputy chairman and secretary-general of the China Automobile Association, is concerned that this situation will become even more intense in 2012. “It is not an auto group. It is some local governments that are overheating in investment in new energy vehicles.”

Local governments plan that the production capacity of new energy vehicles in the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” has exceeded 5.5 million vehicles, and 2012 is the starting year for these capacity enhancements determined by most local governments. Among them, Hefei and Jilin Province are expected to form 50,000 production capacity in 2012. Shanghai will have 100,000 production capacity, and Chongqing plans to reach 240,000 capacity. "If the previous two years have already had a fever, the high fever really started in 2012," said an industry veteran.

It is local state-owned auto companies that follow local governments to “burn” new energy vehicles. Both Shanghai Automotive and Changan Automobile have proposed the goal of over 100,000 capacity in 2012. Most of the privately-owned and joint-venture auto companies have experienced a "cooling down." After the new energy vehicle vanguard BYD experienced a correction in 2011, it began to calm down. Wang Chuanfu no longer quantified the production and sales targets, but said: "New energy Car development will be divided step by step, first of all should develop public transport, followed by the development of Jiajiao. We will long-term layout of new energy vehicles."

Whether it is Hangzhou or Shenzhen, when it comes to the new energy automotive industry, it prefers to use the “leading position” to position itself. The above-mentioned persons from the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission said: “So far, the development of Shenzhen new energy vehicles is not only in the country but also in the world.” At this time, the “energy-saving and new energy automobile industry” is called the industry standard and direction. The plan (2011-2020) was delayed and no timetable has yet been issued.