Gasgoo.com (Shanghai November 18) - With 2014 coming to a close, new energy vehicle plans in several different regions have not been achieving the results envisioned. For example, Shanghai originally set a goal to sell 130,000 new energy vehicles between 2013 and 2015. However, as of October 2014, only 6,091 new energy vehicles have been sold, less than half of that lofty sales target.
In order to help push along ambitious new energy vehicle plans, the China Securities Journal learned that regional authorities are announcing new policies to boost sales. Regional governments are joining with enterprises and financial organizations to help boost sales and promote the development of the Chinese new energy automobile industry.
According to the Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Committee has confirmed that the province is drafting up new policies, including legislation to reform the new energy automobile industry. The legislation may include a policy buyers being able to buy new energy vehicles and separately rent the necessary batteries needed to power them. Analysts believe that such revolutionary policies have the possibility of significantly decreasing costs for consumers and hence further expanding the new energy vehicle market.
Meanwhile, the government of Shanxi is considering increasing the number of new energy vehicles used for government use. Additionally, it is also considering introducing legislation to help develop sectors in the new energy industry, including the automobile financing, insurance, rental, insurance and after sales service sectors.
Shanghai, meanwhile, is cooperating with mobile service providers to create a cell phone app that allows users to search for the closest charging posts in the city's 11 districts. Such advancements have the potential to help reach different groups of people and convince them to consider purchasing a new energy vehicle.
