Shanghai November 9 (Gasgoo.com) Tsinghua University Automotive Safety and Energy National Laboratory Director, Ouyang Ming Gao initially disclosed a development roadmap for new energy vehicles in China in the next decade at the 25th World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition held in Shenzhen during November 5-9, the Beijing Morning Post reported Tuesday.
China is already the word's largest car manufacturer, based on the 2009 figures. Its annual vehicle output could reach 17 million units this year and 200 million units in 2020. Therefore, China's car market still has great potential for development, Ouyang said.
China's oil consumption has been doubling every ten years since 1990. In 2000, it had come to 7 million tons. By now, the figure has increased to 140 million tons, a year-on-year growth of 12%. That is also the most difficult challenge facing the automobile industry at present.
By 2020, China is going to reduce energy consumption by 50% and meanwhile to lower fuel consumption per 100 kilometers to 5 liters, Ouyang pointed out. Then the new energy vehicles will replace 20% of the traditional vehicles in China, and electricity will become the main substitute for gasoline.
As an expert for new energy vehicles, Ouyang said China has conducted a large number of and intensive research and experiments in battery technology in the past ten years, and great achievements have been achieved in self-development of the battery systems, especially in that of lithium-ion and nickel batteries.
The country's total electricity output from lithium-ion batteries and nickel batteries has achieved 140 million kWh and 900 trillion kWh respectively as of the end of 2009. In 2010, the figures are expected to surpass 360 million kWh and 4G kWh, respectively.
China has so far formulated 45 standards for electric vehicles, based on which more than 100 electric models will be built. Many new models are reportedly to be put into commercial use next year.
According to the development roadmap for new energy vehicles, China hopes to reduce the cost of electric vehicles in the next five years, and will provide some subsidies for private purchase of the EVs and reform the existing power grid in accordance with the existing urban transport system.
In addition, China plans to set up about over 2,000 charging stations and 400,000 charging posts in the pilot cities by 2020. By the year 2015, the number of electric vehicles in the country will grow to 10 million units from over 1 million units in the current period.
