An electric bus charges in Chongqing, China
China targets commercial fleets in new green transport plan
Five-year plan calls for more NEV deployment in fleets of urban buses, taxis and logistics vehicles by 2025
China wants more of its commercial and municipal vehicle fleets to be zero- or low-emission by the middle of this decade as it looks to push a world-leading boom in electric vehicle (EV) adoption into other corners of the transport industry. The government plans to convert more of its commercial road fleet to new energy vehicles (NEVs) from 2021-25, according to the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) for green transportation development recently released by the Ministry of Transport. Chinese authorities define NEVs as hybrid and battery EVs, fuel-cell EVs, cars with hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engines (ICEs), and vehicles powered by other alternative fuels. The FYPs are the most important gu
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