Shanghai January 20 (Gasgoo.com) The Hefei Municipal People's Congress designated that development of new energy automobiles as its number one recommendation, with the city's Standing Committee held responsible for implementation. During the Twelfth Five-Year Guideline (2011-2015), the Hefei government will support JAC Motors and Anhui Ankai Automobiles in completing its new energy vehicle production system, with the goal of reaching total capacity of 10,000 vehicles.
The Congress was explicitly clear in its proposal, stating that the city would do its utmost to support technical advancement of pure electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, with the aim of attaining yearly capacity of 10,000 vehicles, including complete production of batteries, engines, controllers, air conditioning units, electric steering systems, electronic aids and other essential parts. At the same time, the city will help develop the business model for selling such vehicles by expanding automobile and battery leases. Hefei will first help produce 10,000 recharge units for the city's public usage, while the Finance Ministry will put more effort in providing subsidies for personal buyers.
The recommendation also focuses on the city's traffic demands by vigourously promoting eco-friend public transport. In the next five to ten years, Hefei hopes that its public transport system will primarily revolve around new-energy vehicles. To this end, the city plans to add 300 electric-powered buses and, by the end of 2012, install four new S6 electric vehicle service centers.
