The recently held State Council executive meeting proposed that China will further support the development of China's new energy automotive industry in terms of power batteries, charging infrastructure, and financial subsidies. In recent years, China’s continued support policies for the development of new energy vehicles have further illustrated the country’s emphasis on the industry.

From heavy weight to heavy quality

Just in 2015, China has become the world's largest new energy vehicle market. How to promote the new energy automotive industry from the "quantity" to "quality", how to promote China's new energy automotive industry to the high-end, has become the focus of China's current policy concerns.

In the development of new energy vehicles, advances in power battery technology have determined the success or failure of the entire vehicle in terms of performance, quality, and safety. Recently learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has currently united nine companies inside and outside the industry, invested 500 million yuan in capital, is setting up a power battery research institute or research and development platform for power batteries.

It is understood that in the field of power batteries, the lithium battery industry chain achieved explosive growth in 2015, but domestic companies still have significant gaps in battery performance and energy density. To this end, the executive meeting of the State Council pointed out that it is necessary to expedite the achievement of a revolutionary breakthrough in power batteries and to promote the establishment of collaborative platforms for innovation, power and innovation in large and medium-sized enterprises, universities, and scientific research institutes, and commonalities and fundamentals in key materials and battery systems. Focus on the development of technology research and development. The central government adopts the award-subsidy method to reward enterprises based on performance indicators such as battery performance and sales volume.

As the “last mile” for the promotion of new energy vehicles, charging facilities have been highly valued. To this end, the executive meeting convened by the State Council pointed out that it is necessary to speed up the construction of charging infrastructure, clarify the rights of local governments, owners, developers, property and power grid companies, and promote the implementation of residential communities and party and government agencies, enterprises and institutions, airports and scenic spots. Other social parking lots and other building charging facilities. The use of central budget investment and distribution network special financial bonds to support the construction of charging facilities around the country, encourage local governments to establish incentive subsidy policies based on the amount of charge, and reduce the cost of charging services.

The meeting also emphasized that it is necessary to expand the proportion of new energy vehicles in urban public transportation, taxis, sanitation, logistics, and other areas. Central government agencies and government agencies and public agencies that promote the use of new energy vehicles in cities will purchase new energy vehicles and take up the total number of newer vehicles that year. The proportion of quantity has increased from the previous 30% to more than 50%. The government department's emphasis on new energy vehicles will further strengthen the demonstration effect of new energy vehicles.

From country to place

It is understood that since 2015, the executive meeting of the State Council has repeatedly mentioned new energy vehicles and explicitly supported industrial development. The executive meeting of the State Council held on September 23 last year proposed accelerating the construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and urban parking lots, relaxing access, encouraging private capital to participate in sole proprietorship, PPP, etc., and increasing taxation, finance, land use, prices, etc. Policy support: The State Council executive meeting on September 29 last year identified measures to support new energy and small-displacement vehicle development measures, promote structural adjustment and expansion of domestic demand, improve support policies for new energy vehicles, and support R&D of power batteries, fuel cell vehicles, etc. Weblink car demonstration pilot.

In addition to the State Council's meeting support, after this, many ministries and commissions and local governments in China have also issued policies and measures to support the development of the new energy auto industry. For example, the "Guidelines on Accelerating the Construction of Electric Car Charging Infrastructure" issued on October 9 last year proposed to accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. In addition, the “Guidelines for the Development of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (2015-2020)” clearly stated that by 2020, there will be 12,000 new centralized charging and exchanging power stations and 4.8 million distributed charging piles to meet the national 500 10,000 electric car charging needs.

It is also understood that with the rapid development of new energy vehicles, the technical route of power battery safety has become a hot topic in the near future. According to industry insiders, the current performance of China's power battery has been greatly improved, fully meet or even exceed the "12th Five-Year" new energy vehicle key special regulations, the battery module up to 140Wh/kg. Judging from the actual loading situation in 2015, taking a pure electric 12-meter bus as an example, the power battery using lithium iron phosphate accounted for more than 94%.

Overall, the output distribution of existing products and power batteries is a reflection of the results of R&D industrialization of China's power battery technology, and the pattern is reasonable. Experts said that with the development of various new lithium-ion batteries, the dynamics of battery loading will change dynamically, and higher-performance batteries will gradually emerge.

From use to recycling

"If the battery is not properly recycled, the systemic pollution of new energy vehicles will be hundreds of times higher than that of gasoline vehicles." Zeng Qinghong, general manager of GAC Group, repeatedly stated.

In response, five ministries and commissions including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine jointly issued the "Technical Policy for the Recycling of Power Battery for Electric Vehicles" (hereinafter referred to as the "Technical Policy") at the beginning of the 2016 New Year. The battery recycling, utilization, processing to make a unified specification. It is clear that the responsibility for the recycling of waste power batteries will be implemented in new energy vehicle manufacturing enterprises, power battery production companies, cascade battery production companies, and end-of-life vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises.

The policy also proposes the construction of a power battery recycling network. Electric vehicle and power battery manufacturing companies need to use designated outlets around the country to recycle used batteries. Each responsible entity needs to report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the recovery and treatment of power batteries. The recycling of batteries follows the requirements of recycling after the first cascade utilization. in principle. At the same time, the "Technical Policy" also proposes a unified code for power batteries and establish a complete product traceability system.

Xu Xinchao, head of the New Energy and New Materials Division at the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, said that the first responsibility for vehicle battery recycling is most appropriate. According to him, at the time of filing with relevant car enterprises and models in Beijing, it has been clear that car companies are the primary responsibility for power battery recycling.