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China’s southernmost province of Hainan will ban sale of conventional internal combustion engine vehicles by 2030, the provincial government said in an action plan for achieving carbon-peaking target.
By 2030, vehicles for public service will be fully powered by clean energy, except for special uses, and all of new and replacement cars for private use will be new energy vehicles, according to the plan. In China, NEVs usually refer to pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cell vehicles, it said.
The province will accelerate the use of clean energy in the transportation sector, with a focus on light logistics and distribution, urban sanitation, rental cars, ride-hailing vehicles and other areas, to promote the replacement of ICE vehicles with NEVs, it said.
By 2025, all of new and replacement vehicles in Hainan’s public service sector and the operational sector will use clean energy, according to the plan.
To help achieve the goals, Hainan will step up efforts in construction of a charging infrastructure service network covering the entire province and advancing the province’s charging facilities ahead of schedule, it said.
By 2025, the ratio of NEVs to charging facilities in Hainan will be lower than than 2.5:1, and that ratio for public charging piles will be less than 7:1, and the province will strive to make the average service radius of the charging network less than 1 kilometer in key pioneering areas, less than 3 kilometers in priority development areas, and less than 5 kilometers in promotion areas.
Hainan will implement policies regarding license availability, driving and parking to encourage residents to use NEVs and encourage cities to build zero-emission zones for motor vehicles, it said.
The province will accelerate construction of a unified charging and battery swap service and supervision platform, and set up a local NEV charging and battery swap infrastructure operation company this year.
By 2030, Hainan’s NEVs will account for more than 45 percent of all vehicle ownership in Hainan, and cities and counties basically built at least one motor vehicle zero emission zone, it said.