When China's State Council released the energy conservation and new-energy vehicles plan on April 18, it stated that pure-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will be the new technological paradigm in the future by 2020.
China is making the industrialization of pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid automobiles, aiming in part at upgrading the auto industry.
BYD Daimler New Technology Co Ltd recently unveiled its Denza brand for all-electric cars that will be produced and sold in China.
Construction Equipment and Volvo Buses have joined the Volvo Group's cooperation with the WWF Climate Savers program, pledging to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 million tons through 2014.
Despite lingering consumer doubts about the technology and practicality of electric vehicles, the Chinese government and automakers are pushing ahead with the development of green cars.
The Ministry of Science and Technology last week released a summary of its plans for electric vehicle technology in the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015).