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EU pushes to cut China reliance with US$4.8 billion in cleantech grants

Hong Kong set to ease electric vehicle rules to allow use of mobiles for parking

China needs investments in new generation of clean-energy tech after wind and solar boom

Plus Exclusive | China’s booming EV sector will see winners and losers

Electric & new energy vehicles

500 electric car makers battling for China’s lucrative vehicle market

Model 3 electric cars rolling off Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai on January 7, 2020. Photo: Reuters

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China's electric vehicle industry

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Do electric cars have the range to go the distance in China’s rural towns and villages as they battle for buyers’ hearts and wallets?

Illustration by Perry Tse/SCMP

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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Tesla China-made Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo/File Photo

Hong Guang MINI EV. Photo: General Motors

A BYD electric car charges at a charging station in Beijing on September 11, 2017. - China is gearing up to ban petrol and diesel cars, a move that would boost electric vehicles and shake up the auto industry in the world's biggest but pollution-plagued market. The plan would follow decisions by France and Britain to outlaw the sale of such cars and vans from 2040 to clamp down on harmful emissions. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

The success of SAIC-GM-Wuling’s three-door Hongguang Mini EV points to a greenfield market available to traditional carmakers in their battle with technology start-ups: rural China, inhabited by 40 per cent of the world’s largest population.


China leads the industry that powers electric cars by a country mile. What will it take for global battery makers to catch up?

The world needs to produce 10,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of batteries every year for 15 years to convert the entire global fleet of vehicles into electric. Illustration: Perry Tse

A Sturgis Morrison electric carriage in 1895, modified with extra batteries under the front row and the back to give additional power for he Times-Herald automobile race. Source: Unknown author, Wikipedia.

Battery cost and range of electric vehicle projections

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARC JOURDIER This photo taken on May 31, 2015 near a mine between Lubumbashi and Kolwezi shows a man carrying a bag of minerals as people separate cobalt from sand and rock in a lake, one of 130,000 small-scale diggers trying to scratch a living from the region's rich earth. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA

World's lithium control World lithium (tonnes) Argentina Australia Brazil Chile China Portugal Zimbabwe United States Source: U.S. Geological Survey *Excludes u.S. production SCMP

How Tesla's lithium-ion battery works separator provides a barrier between anode and cathode electrodes, and enables the exchange of lithium ions from one side to the other During discharge, lithium compound and vice versa during charging Source: HowStaffWorks

***PAY PER USE. Please re-download from vendor website.*** Aerial view of the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory under construction in Lingang, Shanghai, China, 10 May 2019. In the latest aerial photos of the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory, the main roof structure is now essentially complete, the walls along the east side of the main structure are also complete, and the rest is rapidly being finished. The progress over the past month has been spectacular, as we can see when comparing images over that time period.

A worker stands outside a factory of Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) in Ningde, Zhejiang province, China, December 16, 2016. Picture taken December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jake Spring

graphic for online Global mine-produced cobalt, tonnage by country Zambia Other countries US Australia South Africa Russia Canada Philippines Papua New Guinea New Caledonia Cuba COngo (Kinshasa) Source: US Geological Survey scmp

The world is returning full circle to the electric car, as concerns about gaseous emissions and their impact on climate change compel global governments to find alternatives to petrol-guzzlers.


What does the perfect electric vehicle look like in China? It must go far and travel anywhere, without breaking the bank

Illustration by Henry Wong/SCMP

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Xpeng P7 mode. HANDOUT PHOTO.

FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk speaks onstage during a delivery event for Tesla China-made Model 3 cars at its factory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Nio ES6 Midsize Electric SUV

The Chinese government aims to turn the largest market for vehicles on the planet into a self-reliant powerhouse for the new technology under the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan.


An estimated 500 electric car makers have piled into the world's largest vehicle market, competing for supremacy as the Chinese government prods home-grown brands, such as Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto, to get a larger slice of the market under the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan. This Post series looks at how infrastructure limitations, socioeconomic factors, and battery market competition are having an impact. 


500 electric car makers battling for China’s lucrative vehicle market

Electric carmakers battle for buyers’ hearts and wallets in rural China

The success of SAIC-GM-Wuling’s three-door Hongguang Mini EV points to a greenfield market available to traditional carmakers in their battle with technology start-ups: rural China, inhabited by 40 per cent of the world’s largest population.

What will it take for global battery makers to catch up with China’s lead?

The world is returning full circle to the electric car, as concerns about gaseous emissions and their impact on climate change compel global governments to find alternatives to petrol-guzzlers.

The perfect electric car for China needs to go far, at an affordable price

The Chinese government aims to turn the largest market for vehicles on the planet into a self-reliant powerhouse for the new technology under the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan.