China regulates development of new energy automobiles
www.chinaview.cn 2007-11-02 19:27:40 Print
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhua)-- China has made a substantial move to advance the development of automobiles powered by new energies amidst concerns on energy conservation and environmental protection.
A new regulation regarding the qualifications of manufacturers for automobiles powered by new energies was promulgated Thursday by the country's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), after seven months of public discussion.
New-energy automobiles were defined by the regulation as hybrid cars, battery electric vehicles (BEV), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), hydrogen-fueled vehicles and vehicles powered by other new types of fuel.
Professor Zha Daojiong, director of the Center for International Energy Security at Renmin University of China in Beijing, told Xinhua the regulation came out against a background of increasing domestic and international energy demands.
The promulgation of the regulation coincided with the announcement of a sharp gasoline price hike by the NDRC. The prices of gasoline, diesel oil and aviation kerosene increased by 500 yuan per ton, a rise of almost 10 percent, to lessen the gap between soaring international crude prices and state-set domestic oil prices.
The document said China would accelerate the research, development and production of new energy vehicles step by step.
Auto enterprises applying to manufacture vehicles powered by new energies should have adequate research, production and after-sale service capacities and need to ensure the reliability of the autos, it said.
"Enterprises wanting to manufacture new-energy cars should pay attention that their development of new type of energies should be truly 'energy-efficient' rather than only 'new in name,''' Zha said. "It is also crucial to avoid creating new sources of pollution in the process of the production of vehicles fueled by new energies."
Special testing institutions will be entrusted to supervise the quality of the vehicles powered by new energies, according to the regulation.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/02/content_7000157.htm
www.chinaview.cn 2007-11-02 19:27:40 Print
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhua)-- China has made a substantial move to advance the development of automobiles powered by new energies amidst concerns on energy conservation and environmental protection.
A new regulation regarding the qualifications of manufacturers for automobiles powered by new energies was promulgated Thursday by the country's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), after seven months of public discussion.
New-energy automobiles were defined by the regulation as hybrid cars, battery electric vehicles (BEV), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), hydrogen-fueled vehicles and vehicles powered by other new types of fuel.
Professor Zha Daojiong, director of the Center for International Energy Security at Renmin University of China in Beijing, told Xinhua the regulation came out against a background of increasing domestic and international energy demands.
The promulgation of the regulation coincided with the announcement of a sharp gasoline price hike by the NDRC. The prices of gasoline, diesel oil and aviation kerosene increased by 500 yuan per ton, a rise of almost 10 percent, to lessen the gap between soaring international crude prices and state-set domestic oil prices.
The document said China would accelerate the research, development and production of new energy vehicles step by step.
Auto enterprises applying to manufacture vehicles powered by new energies should have adequate research, production and after-sale service capacities and need to ensure the reliability of the autos, it said.
"Enterprises wanting to manufacture new-energy cars should pay attention that their development of new type of energies should be truly 'energy-efficient' rather than only 'new in name,''' Zha said. "It is also crucial to avoid creating new sources of pollution in the process of the production of vehicles fueled by new energies."
Special testing institutions will be entrusted to supervise the quality of the vehicles powered by new energies, according to the regulation.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/02/content_7000157.htm