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Green car development shifts into high gear
By Shen Qing and Fei Lai |
December 27, 2010, Monday
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GREEN cars are all the go nowadays as the Chinese government implements policies to reduce carbon emissions. Jiading District is determined to be at the vanguard of the new trend.
Jiading, part of China's auto industrial heartland, has been chosen to host the first international demonstration project for electric vehicles on the mainland. The key is in the ignition.
By the end of this year, 100 electric vehicles will be running on Jiading roadways, fed by two battery-charging stations and 130 charging poles.
The vehicles were bought under a cooperative project of the district government, Tongji University and various state-owned enterprises.
Ding Xiaohua, marketing project manager of Shanghai International Automobile City New Anting Joint Development Co, said the new cars cost a minimum 50,000 yuan (US$7,500), which is on the lower end of similar new-energy vehicles.
Aided by subsidies from the government, the cost of the vehicles will be almost on par with internal combustion cars.
Jiading said it hopes to have 1,000 new-energy vehicles on the road next year.
Looking beyond that, the district is forecasting that new-energy vehicles in the district will reach 10,000 by 2012, with 15 charging stations and 13,000 charging poles to be completed within two years.
It's not only individual vehicles that will be part of the global demonstration project. The district plans to have one or two bus lines run entirely on electricity, and the postal service to have a fleet of 50 green vehicles.
Jiading is a suitable site for such an important demonstration project. It is among China's leading automotive centers - home to the Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corp, its foreign partners, GM and Volkswagen, and a host of other carmakers. The district is also home to the auto-parts industry.
China has overtaken the US to become the biggest auto market in the world, and Jiading's profile has risen on the coattails of that prominence.
The district is sparing no effort to parlay that advantage into expanding and diversifying its role in the auto industry. It aims to become a major center in China for production of green-technology vehicles within five years.
Jiading, part of China's auto industrial heartland, has been chosen to host the first international demonstration project for electric vehicles on the mainland. The key is in the ignition.
By the end of this year, 100 electric vehicles will be running on Jiading roadways, fed by two battery-charging stations and 130 charging poles.
The vehicles were bought under a cooperative project of the district government, Tongji University and various state-owned enterprises.
Ding Xiaohua, marketing project manager of Shanghai International Automobile City New Anting Joint Development Co, said the new cars cost a minimum 50,000 yuan (US$7,500), which is on the lower end of similar new-energy vehicles.
Aided by subsidies from the government, the cost of the vehicles will be almost on par with internal combustion cars.
Jiading said it hopes to have 1,000 new-energy vehicles on the road next year.
Looking beyond that, the district is forecasting that new-energy vehicles in the district will reach 10,000 by 2012, with 15 charging stations and 13,000 charging poles to be completed within two years.
It's not only individual vehicles that will be part of the global demonstration project. The district plans to have one or two bus lines run entirely on electricity, and the postal service to have a fleet of 50 green vehicles.
Jiading is a suitable site for such an important demonstration project. It is among China's leading automotive centers - home to the Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corp, its foreign partners, GM and Volkswagen, and a host of other carmakers. The district is also home to the auto-parts industry.
China has overtaken the US to become the biggest auto market in the world, and Jiading's profile has risen on the coattails of that prominence.
The district is sparing no effort to parlay that advantage into expanding and diversifying its role in the auto industry. It aims to become a major center in China for production of green-technology vehicles within five years.
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