Media Comment: Why Electric Vehicles Slow Down

Nissan made it clear that it did not plan to introduce the Leaf, and instead bet it on the Dongfeng Nissan joint-venture brand Qichen; the earliest GM to introduce electric vehicles, and now Volt's attitude is also low-key waiting for the policy directive ... and the past two years Compared with the electric vehicle project, the new energy electric vehicle project has indeed slowed down this year.

“The future of new energy electric vehicles is in China.” There was more than one international auto executive talking about electric vehicles in China. This is because no country in the world has planned to support electric vehicle projects like China. However, the "Energy-saving and New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2011-2020)" that was highly anticipated by the industry in the first half of this year was postponed again and again. The signal of constant delay in the release of the policy has made the auto companies that have not pointed to the targets become more cautious and dare not go further.

Imagine if there is no such policy support, or the direction of policy support changes, there are still several companies will continue to push forward the electric car project without hesitation?

In the first half of the year, the most popular news about new energy electric vehicles was about the “4/11” public-fuel incident. Domestic electric vehicle experts have stated that the positive factor of the accident is to sound a warning bell to the Chinese tram market that is in full swing and fully recognize that the current electric vehicle safety problem has not been completely resolved. Indeed, there is no real breakthrough in electric vehicle technology that is another cause of the slowdown in electric vehicle projects. In addition, all parties involved in charge mode and infrastructure construction have great differences and have affected progress.

The hybrid that had not been strongly supported by the policy before this time was reborn. According to sources, the scope of new energy vehicles has been clarified. Plug-in hybrid vehicles, pure electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles are classified as new energy vehicles, and non-plug-in type ordinary hybrid vehicles are classified as energy-saving vehicles. Although ordinary hybrid vehicles have not been included in new energy vehicles, they have also increased their support, such as reduction of consumption tax. Manufacturers also believe that, as a matter of urgency, hybrid power is closer to the market. The new cars in the second half of the year are also mostly named hybrids. Buick LaCrosse, Lexus CT200h, Audi Q5 and other hybrid models will be listed before the end of the year.

The slowdown in electric car projects has one of the most obvious manifestations. Since the beginning of this year, almost no new local government-led new energy automobile industry alliance has been established. The many local new energy auto industry alliances that have been established are now almost silent.