China to issue 15 electric car standards in second half

Shanghai September 2 (Gasgoo.com) To boost domestically-produced electric vehicles, the Chinese government will issue 15 relevant electric vehicle standards in the second half after figuring out it should mainly focus on promoting pure-electric vehicles to develop its automobile industry, Beijing Times reported Thursday.

Reporters learned from the drafting standards for electric vehicles that related items such as battery box specifications, voltage/current reference, battery recycling, batter replacement requirements, charging station monitoring, billing, security, battery box number will all be standardized.

Government departments, schools and research institutes, including Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, National Automobile Quality Supervision Inspection Center, Putian-CNOOC New Energy Power Corporation and other units, are currently drafting the standards.