Saturday, January 08, 2011

Energy plan to focus on cars


The Energy Saving and New Energy Vehicle Development Plan (2011-2020), which aims to reduce environmental pollution from the booming auto production, will be formally released in January 2011, after being postponed in November, said a senior expert.

It will prioritize the industrialization of plug-in hybrids and pure electrical vehicles, Chen Quanshi, director of the Automotive Research Institute at Tsinghua University, was quoted by Shanghai Securities News as saying.

China is speeding up the industrialization of new-energy vehicles and energy-efficient automobiles to offset rising environmental pollution from automobiles.

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