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At the 17th FAF Automobile Research Seminar, Ouyang Minggao, deputy director of China EV100, estimates that by 2020, the annual sales of new energy vehicles will easily reach two million units and the accumulated sales of new energy vehicles will surpass five million.
According to statistics released by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China produced 123,500 of new energy vehicles from Jan. to Aug. this year, which is three times more than the sales volume registered in the same period last year. In the meantime, the production volume of electric passenger vehicles totaled 52,100, two times more than that recorded in the same period last year. The production volume of electric commercial vehicles reached 28,300 units, up by 800% year on year.
Mr. Ouyang points out that China’s new energy bus industry boasts the largest industrial scale in the whole world. Moreover, it has mastered some internationally advanced bus manufacturing technologies and formed a globally competitive industrial chain. In the area of new energy passenger vehicles, China now only lags behind the USA.
According to some data released by the US Department of Energy, the global sales volume of new energy passenger vehicles reached one million by Sept. this year, including 620,000 electrically powered and 380,000 with plug-in power system. In the US, the sales volume of new energy passenger vehicles reached 360,000 units, accounting for 36% of the global sales. China, with a sales volume of 160,000 units, took the second position and accounted for 16% of the global market. Japan took the third position with its sales volume of new energy passenger vehicles reaching 120,000 units, accounting for 12% of the global market.
When asked about the prospects of the development of battery technologies in China’s electric vehicle industry, Mr. Ouyang is confident. He believes that the green vehicle’s electricity consumption per 100 km will be cut by 20% and A-level vehicle only consumes 12 kilowatt-hour every 100 km. Along with the gradual industrialization of mini electric vehicles, those that possess a continuous driving capacity of 200-250 km will become competitive rivals of fuel-powered vehicles, even without government subsidies for new energy vehicle purchases.