China to Ban Sale of Fossil Fuel Cars in Electric Vehicle Push

[The Sandman]

China will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles, a move aimed at pushing companies to speed efforts in developing electric vehicles for the world’s biggest auto market.

Xin Guobin, the vice minister of industry and information technology, said the government is working with other regulators on a timetable to end production and sales. The move will have a profound impact on the environment and growth of China’s auto industry, Xin said at an auto forum in Tianjin on Saturday.

A ban on combustion-engine vehicles will help push both local and global automakers to shift toward electric vehicles, a carrot-and-stick approach that could boost sales of energy-efficient cars and trucks and reduce air pollution while serving the strategic goal of cutting oil imports. The government offers generous subsidies to makers of new-energy vehicles. It also plans to require automakers to earn enough credits or buy them from competitors with a surplus under a new cap-and-trade program for fuel economy and emissions.

Honda Motor Co. will launch an electric car for the China market in 2018, China Chief Operating Officer Yasuhide Mizuno said at the same forum. The Japanese carmaker is developing the vehicle with Chinese joint ventures of Guangqi Honda Automobile Co. and Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. and will create a new brand with them, he said.

Internet entrepreneur William Li’s Nio will start selling ES8, a sport-utility vehicle powered only with batteries, in mid-December. The startup is working with state-owned Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group, which also is in a venture with Volkswagen AG to introduce an electric SUV next year.

China, seeking to meet its promise to cap its carbon emissions by 2030, is the latest country to unveil plans to phase out vehicles running on fossil fuels. The U.K. said in July it will ban sales of diesel- and gasoline-fueled cars by 2040, two weeks after France announced a similar plan to reduce air pollution and meet targets to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-of-fossil-fuel-cars-in-electric-vehicle-push

 

[The Sandman]

That's a great step by China and every other country who's doing it we can't reverse the damage done to our environment but we can slow or stop further damage kudos to them. I really hope Pakistan and other south asian countries will do something like this too in next 10-15 years.

@Nilgiri @Zibago @django @Desert Fox

 

[proud_indian]

That's a great step by China and every other country who's doing it we can't reverse the damage done to our environment but we can slow or stop further damage kudos to them. I really hope Pakistan and other south asian countries will do something like this too in next 10-15 years.

@Nilgiri @Zibago @django @Desert Fox

We have the same plan here in India to get rid of fossil fuel based transportation by 2030(though I don't think it's very realistic).

The other day Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari threaten (mildly) Auto firms to adopt green technology (EV's) or ready to face the music.


Make electric vehicles or get bulldozed: Gadkari to auto firms
DH News Service, New Delhi, Sep 8 2017, 1:45 IST

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari. PTI File Photo

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday sternly told carmakers producing vehicles that run on traditional fuel that they should switch onto making vehicles that use alternative fuel. Or else, he will not mind "bulldozing" them in his bid to check pollution and imports.

As the government is preparing to announce new electricity vehicle policy to check pollution and reduce oil imports, the minister said a cabinet note on electric vehicle is ready and it will address the issue of setting up charging stations.

"We should move towards alternative fuel... I am going to do this, whether you like it or not. And I am not going to ask you. I will bulldoze it. For pollution, for imports, my ideas are crystal clear... The government has a crystal-clear policy to reduce imports and curb pollution," Gadkari said at an event here.

He held out a veiled warning, saying those supporting the government will have an advantage and those busy "minting money" will be in trouble, asking them not to approach the government later on the ground that they have huge stock of vehicles that do not run on alternative fuel.

Cautioning against any dilly-dallying tactics, he said the future is not of petrol and diesel, but of alternative fuel.

"The government has decided to start 15 industries for second generation ethanol. Ethanol can easily be produced from agro-based cotton straw, wheat straw, rice straw, bagass and bamboo, he said.

He promised that the proposed vehicle scrapping policy stuck due to GST issues will be sorted out soon.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/632019/make-electric-vehicles-get-bulldozed.html

 

[The Sandman]

We have the same plan here in India to get rid of fossil fuel based transportation by 2030(though I don't think it's very realistic).

That's a very good statement by your minister but 2030 is yes unrealistic for S. Asian countries even UK and France are giving timeline of 2040 but when there's will there's a way!

 

[proud_indian]

That's a very good statement by your minister but 2030 is yes unrealistic for S. Asian countries even UK and France are giving timeline of 2040 but when there's will there's a way!

This government is very serious about solar and energy saving and the main factor that is driving it is to reduce the fossil fuel import which is more than 100 billion dollar every year.

I can give you some examples that shows their seriousness.

Government plans to purchase 10,000 electric cars for NCR
24th Aug 2017 6:15 pm

Specifies vehicle of choice as an electric sedan with length of over four metres and a range of over 130km.

Energy Efficiency Service Ltd. (EESL), a joint venture of firms under the Ministry of Power, is inviting bids for the purchase of 10,000 electric sedans for the power, new and renewable energy, coal and mining ministries as well as provide them on rent to other government departments in the NCR region.

In an official tender, it has mandated that the electric sedan should measure over four meters in length and come with a wheelbase greater than 2,500mm. These e-sedans have to be powered by an electric motor of 30kW or more, have a driving range that exceeds 130km (without AC) with a top speed of 80kph. A driving range of 100km needs to be attainable within six hours of normal charging or 90 minutes of fast charging. Battery life, meanwhile, is stipulated at 3,000 cycles and will have to be provisioned with both AC and DC charging points that are compliant with Bharat EV charger specifications (BEVC- AC001 and BEVC-DC001).

Each vehicle will also be required to be fitted with a telematics device in order to monitor, collect, and report information related to each vehicles usage and performance including vehicle identification, daily distance run, routes, charging event information, energy consumption and operator ID.

Crucially, EESL will also increase the charging infrastructure for these electric vehicles by adding up to 3,000 AC and 1,000 DC charging points in the NCR region. The charging will be metered and payments can be made via mobile payment gateways.

Mahindra, currently, is the only mainstream electric car manufacturer in India and is poised to gain out of this. Though, for the moment, none of its electric cars meet the exact criteria. Its eVerito sedan has a range of 110km only and also takes a longer time to charge as well. Nonetheless, Mahindra will still be very interested to cash-in on this opportunity.

http://www.autocarindia.com/car-news/government-plans-to-purchase-10000-electric-cars-for-ncr-405778







Modi government sets revised solar mission target at 100 GW
Aruna Kumarankandath

Thursday 18 June 2015


The revised capacity has been divided into 40 GW for rooftop solar electricity generation and 60 GW for large and medium-scale grid-connected projects

The Centre had announced the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in 2010 (Credit: Jonas Hamberg)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his approval for increasing the national solar mission capacity from the current 22 gigawatt (GW) to 100 GW by 2022.

In a bid to reduce the use of fossil fuels and increase the capacity of renewables, the Centre had announced the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in 2010 for developing 20-GW capacity solar grids and 2-GW capacity off-grid solar applications.

In a departure from earlier occasions, the official announcement followed the detailed plan of how the government plans to achieve the new target (upgrading to 100 GW), unlike earlier occasions when only targets were announced.

Division detail

The 100 GW solar power capacity has been divided into rooftop solar electricity generation (40 GW) and large and medium-scale grid-connected solar projects (60 GW).
According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) officials, it is expected that the total investment for upgrading to 100 GW solar power capacity will cost around Rs 6,00,000 crore ($94 billion).

A statement issued by the Cabinet read, “(The) Government of India is providing Rs 15,050 crore as capital subsidy to promote solar capacity addition in the country. This capital subsidy will be provided for rooftop solar projects in various cities and towns, for viability gap funding-based projects to be developed through the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and for decentralised generation through small solar projects.”

Bundling mechanism

Apart from capital subsidy, which is similar to what previous government had also done in the first phase of JNNSM, Rs 90,000 crore would be created using the bundling mechanism with thermal power. In common parlance, bundling refers to selling electricity in bundles, for instance, the sale of one unit of solar power bundled with four units of thermal power.

The energy ministry defines bundling mechanism as the “bundle of relatively expensive solar power with power from the unallocated quota of the Government of India (Ministry of Power) generated at NTPC coal-based stations, which is relatively cheaper, and sell it to the distribution utility at the weighted average price”.

The World Bank had in its report, Paving the Way for a Transformational Future: Lessons from Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Phase I, states that “bundling of solar power with cheaper conventional power reduces the tariff impact of solar power on the distribution utilities”.

Moving ahead

Large public-sector companies, independent power producers and state governments will have to contribute to achieve the ambitious target of 100 MW capacity addition.

The Centre also plans to leverage bilateral and international donors, including Green Climate Fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as 100 GW of solar power would replace coal-based power plants and reduce Co2 emissions.

Doubts over energy access

Experts feel that ambitious targets are always a good way to promote development in any sector, given that the benefits of increasing solar power reach all. The positive sides of solar power are energy security, climate protection, reduction in pollution and health benefits. The 100-GW objective should provide a direction for developing domestic solar manufacturing in India as well.

But there is a glitch in the government’s policy. Unfortunately, the focus of the capacity addition is only for grid-connected projects and has less to do with providing power to 300 million people, who still do not have access to electricity in India.

Jasmeet Khurana of Bridge to India said, “These projects can ideally be located near towns and village clusters. This will help provide reliable power supply to such areas, minimise transmission losses and in the medium-to-long-term minimise the need for new investments in transmission infrastructure for anticipated growth in consumption.” Bridge to India is a Delhi-based solar power consultancy.

Under the current scenario, solar development has also not been considered as part of the 24/7 power supply. Usage of decentralised renewable power generation for energy access has not been accounted for in the governemnt’s scheme. All the expansion made in the solar field has been on account of large-scale projects feeding grids. But this does not guarantee energy access to millions.

“The biggest social and economic impact of renewable energy will be providing clean energy to the energy deprived. But there are no incentives focused on developing decentralised energy-access solutions,” Chandra Bhushan, consulting editor of Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment, said.

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/modi-government-sets-revised-solar-mission-target-at-100-gw-50236

 

[war&peace]

By 2025, only electric cars will be manufactured by the auto industry in EU. Fossil cars will co-exist for a few years but they will rapidly decline due the increasing cost of the fuel and duties and surcharges applied by the govts. USA may linger on with jaded fossil fuel based cars till 2040.

 

[proud_indian]

@The Sandman

 

[The Sandman]

@The Sandman

Should appreciate who ever is working to improve and limit the damage to environment.

 

[proud_indian]

Should appreciate who ever is working to improve and limit the damage to environment.

One more thing they have done is to replace all the traditional incandescent bulbs with power efficient LED bulbs
and they have already distributed more than 270 million bulbs as of today. They had the target to replace about 720 million incandescent bulbs.

when this program will be completed, we will be able to save 20gw electricity every year.

beside that they have started replacing tubelights, fans and other electric equipment with power efficient equipment and they are providing those at very nominal price.

you can even check the real time distribution number here

http://ujala.gov.in/

 

[Desert Fox]

That's a great step by China and every other country who's doing it we can't reverse the damage done to our environment but we can slow or stop further damage kudos to them. I really hope Pakistan and other south asian countries will do something like this too in next 10-15 years.

@Nilgiri @Zibago @django @Desert Fox

Good for the Chinese. Pakistan should definitely go for electric and hybrid cars (preferably Japanese). Too much pollution of the environment in Pakistan. We have such a beautiful country with immense tourism potential.

Everything from rickshaws to motorcycles should switch over.

 

[ziaulislam]

That's a very good statement by your minister but 2030 is yes unrealistic for S. Asian countries even UK and France are giving timeline of 2040 but when there's will there's a way!

we forget that most population doesn't come fossil cars but coal plants, and india has just started to use coal(and yet its 60% of its energy source)

 

[Thetigerforces]

Shame most electric cars suck... well except maybe the Tesla

 

[Taygibay]

Go China, go!

Good day all, Tay.