China’s Hainan province highlights goal of banning oil-fueled vehicle sale by 2030

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Hainan, the first province in China to come up with a timeframe of banning the sale of oil-fueled automobiles, stressed the aim in an implementation scheme for peaking carbon dioxide emissions issued by Hainan provincial government today.

The government said in this document that it would make major efforts to promote the applications of new energy vehicles and vessels, as part of measures for achieving Hainan's carbon peak target by 2030.

WM EX5s running in Hainan; photo credit: WM Motor

As for periodical goals, the local government expects new and replacement vehicles put into the public service and social operation fields to 100% use clean energy by 2025. The sales of oil-fueled vehicles will be completely stopped by 2030 across the province.

Except for special purposes, all vehicles in public service and social operation areas should adopt clean energy, and the vehicles newly added to the private car sector should entirely be new energy vehicles (“NEVs”) by 2030 as well.

To improve the NEV usage experience, local authorities will strive to build an EV charging infrastructure and service network covering the whole province. By 2025, the ratio of NEVs to charging piles should be lower than 2.5:1. When it comes to public charging piles, the ratio should be less than 7:1 at that moment.