China, world's largest EV market, to reduce subsidy on new energy vehicles

  • China, aims for new energy vehicles (NEVs), including plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, to make up 20 per cent of auto sales by 2025.
File photo used for representational purpose only. (REUTERS)
File photo used for representational purpose only.

China will cut subsidies on new energy vehicles (NEVs), such as electric cars, by 30% in 2022 and withdraw them all together at the end of the year, the Finance Ministry said on its website on Friday.

The ministry had said in April 2020 that NEV subsidies would be cut from 2020 to 2022 by 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively. For NEVs for public transport, subsidies would be cut by 10% in 2021 and by 20% in 2022.

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China, the world's biggest auto market, has set a target for NEVs, including plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, to make up 20% of auto sales by 2025. Global automakers such as Volkswagen AG, GeneralMotors Co, Toyota Motor Corp and Tesla Inc are ramping up electric vehicle production in China.

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NIO said on Friday that buyers of its ES8, ES6 and EC6 vehicles who had paid a deposit on or before Dec. 31, 2021, and are taking delivery of their purchases before March 31, 2022, can still enjoy the subsidies under the 2021 plan. Any shortfall under the 2022 policy would be borne by the Shanghai-based firm, it said.

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The ministry also said China would tighten up supervision of NEV safety issues to prevent accidents. Industry body China Association of Automobile Manufacturers estimated earlier in December that sales of NEVs in China would grow by 47% to 5 million in 2021.

First Published Date: 01 Jan 2022, 13:39 PM IST
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