201310-China-EV-Policy.ppt-BeijingEnergyNetwork.pptVIP

Lessons Learned in Pilot Cities Lagged innovation results in an innovation capacity and technology gap Insufficient impetus for Chinese automakers to focus on electric vehicles Lack of infrastructure and incentives to use electric vehicles instead of conventional ones; purchase subsidies not in use Relying too much on public finance support; lack of a sound business model The government will provide subsidies for public transportation and official vehicles. These subsidies will decrease by about 10% in 2014, and then 20% in 2015?encourage automakers to reduce prices of these vehicles in th