China targets 300,000 'green' buses, taxis by 2020
China's Ministry of Transport, taking another step to clean the country's polluted urban skies and save energy, will mandate the use of 300,000 "green" vehicles for public transport by 2020, according to the agency's website.
The 'green' fleet will include 200,000 public buses, 50,000 taxicabs and 50,000 delivery vans in urban areas, the ministry said.
The fleet can include electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids or fuel-cell powered vehicles, according to the ministry.
To achieve the 300,000 target, the ministry requires that green vehicles constitute no less than 30 percent of the new vehicles to be purchased by municipalities from now on.
The ministry did not disclose the size of the green fleet already used for public transport. But the figure is believed to fairly small.
In the first half of the year, 20,477 EVs and plug-in hybrids were sold in China, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
The new mandate could be a boon to Shenzhen-based BYD Co., which markets a line of electric buses.
The fleet can include electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids or fuel-cell powered vehicles, according to the ministry.
To achieve the 300,000 target, the ministry requires that green vehicles constitute no less than 30 percent of the new vehicles to be purchased by municipalities from now on.
The ministry did not disclose the size of the green fleet already used for public transport. But the figure is believed to fairly small.
In the first half of the year, 20,477 EVs and plug-in hybrids were sold in China, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
The new mandate could be a boon to Shenzhen-based BYD Co., which markets a line of electric buses.
