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Boosting new vehicles

Hangzhou will encourage the use of new-energy vehicles by exempting the owners from the current traffic restrictions in place, local authorities said.

Ma Xiaohui, vice mayor of Hangzhou, said the restrictions for the new-energy vehicles will be removed this year.

Hangzhou has about 1.2 million vehicles in its urban districts. The city introduced a series of measures to ease traffic congestions in recent years. License plates ending in certain numbers have been restricted during morning and evening rush hours on workdays since 2011. Restrictions have also been placed on car purchases, but there have not been any restriction on the purchasing of new-energy cars.

To boost “green” cars, the city government will build more new-energy vehicle charging facilities.

A total of 22,131 new-energy vehicles are already on the city’s roads. Hangzhou plans to put another 7,500 such vehicles into service this year. Meanwhile, all the city buses in service will be replaced by new-energy ones by year’s end.




 

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