352, 000 new electric vehicles (EVs) were registered in the year 2016, and only 159, 000 EVs were registered in the United States of America (50%+ in the state of California).
Analysts cautioned Chinese numbers in EVs sold could decrease due to subsidies, however estimates of the remaining (fair) much higher than the United States.
A consulting firm, Navigant, put Chinese sells at 250, 000, but predicted registrations would double in 2017.
Rebecca Lindland, a Kelly Blue Book analyst said, "It was inevitable that China's EV adoption was going to surpass the US's mostly because we're so resistant to EV's". According to Lindland many Chinese drivers' first cars will be electric and the younger generations may never own a gas powered vehicle.
China has now taken the lead in the EV industry and use. China reportedly wants 11% of all car sales to be electric by 2020-which will likely add up to nearly 3 million EVs yearly. "New Energy Vehicles," accounted for about 50% of all plug-in electric vehicles sold in 2016.
The US car market stood at around 17.5 million units yearly, while China sold over 28 million vehicles last year and increased its market share.
China has also been injecting capital in charging infrastructure and financial incentives.
Xinhua News reported the Chinese government will deploy 100, 000 EV charging stations in 2017, to bring a new total of 250, 000. The US has 41000 vehicle charging stations.
Electric vehicles- in China are exempted from the $6000-$ 10. 000 (per car) excise taxes, while giving special lane access and other perks, says the International Energy Agency.
And the US is planning reducing the EV tax break amounting up to ($ 7 500 in estimate, for buyers).
Other factors to consider; Tesla and Chevrolet are racing to release their mass-market EVs in 2018 that cost around $35 000, but China is manufacturing simpler versions at very low price, however the vehicles aren't classified as mass-market. The Chinese "low-speed electric vehicle" (LSEV) uses basic battery (usually lead- acid) and electric motor technologies.
The low-speed electric (LSEVs) have a top speed of about 40mph (70 km) and cost about $5000.
"The whole Shading province (population 90 million) is riding LSEVs" says Dennis Zuev a mobility researcher at Lancashire University.
"Even in big cities" he says.
LSEV cost around $5 000 and can travel up to 40mph and do not require a driver's license or license plates to operate.
Source: Quartz
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