EV sales are increasing in China , spurred on by incentivizing policies from local and central government . EV ’s are popular as a second car , mainly used for commuting , as they are exempt from rush - hour restrictions and the one - day - a - week policy . The government ’s target is 5 million ‘ new - energy ’ vehicles by 2020 . Charging remains an issue , despite BAIC , the government - owned automaker , giving away a free standing charging station with every new vehicle sold and installing charging stations countrywide .
EV sales are growing in China, spurred on by incentivizing policies from local and central government. EV’s are popular as a second car, mainly used for commuting, as they are exempt from rush-hour restrictions and the one-day-a-week policy. The government’s target is 5 million ‘new-energy’ vehicles by 2020. Charging remains an issue, despite BAIC, the state-owned automaker, giving away a free standing charging station with every new EV sold and installing 5,300 stations countrywide.