Parking Updates | MIIT: Plans to achieve a 25% share of new energy vehicle sales by 2025

The draft opinion states that, through 15 years of sustained efforts, China aims to bring its core technologies for new‑energy vehicles to an internationally leading level, ensure that its vehicle quality and brands possess strong global competitiveness, and enable China to join the ranks of the world’s automotive powerhouses. Pure electric vehicles will become mainstream, fuel‑cell vehicles will achieve commercial deployment, all‑electric propulsion will be fully adopted in the public sector, and highly automated, intelligent, connected vehicles will become widely prevalent, thereby effectively boosting energy conservation and emissions reduction while enhancing overall societal efficiency.

The draft opinion proposes that by 2025, the competitiveness of the new‑energy vehicle market will be significantly enhanced, with major breakthroughs in key technologies such as power batteries, drive motors, and in‑vehicle operating systems. New‑energy vehicle sales are expected to account for approximately 25% of total new‑car sales, while intelligent connected vehicles will represent 30% of new‑car sales, and highly automated intelligent connected vehicles will achieve commercial deployment in designated areas and specific scenarios.

In addition, the draft opinion proposes accelerating the development of charging and battery‑swapping infrastructure. It calls for rational planning of such facilities, leveraging “Internet Plus” smart energy solutions to enhance their level of intelligence, and expediting the establishment of a charging network that is moderately forward‑looking, prioritizes slow charging, and supplements it with emergency fast charging. The draft also encourages the deployment of battery‑swapping models, strengthens research and development in emerging charging technologies such as intelligent and orderly charging and high‑power charging, and seeks to improve charging convenience and product reliability.

In conjunction with the renovation of older residential communities and urban renewal initiatives, stakeholders should be encouraged to collaborate on the planning, construction, and operation of charging infrastructure, supporting cooperative models such as one charging point per vehicle and shared adjacent parking spaces. Charging stations are also encouraged to integrate with commercial real estate to develop smart, multi‑level charging facilities, thereby enhancing public‑space charging capacity and expanding value‑added services. Furthermore, the insurance framework for charging infrastructure should be refined to mitigate operational risks for businesses and usage risks for users. Finally, it should be clarified that non‑commercial vehicles are eligible for residential electricity rates when using charging services.