New energy vehicles are the future for Nantong

The city of Nantong, East China’s Jiangsu province, is looking to have 1,020 new-energy vehicles in service, by the end of 2015, including 70 government cars, 320 buses, 590 sanitation trucks and 40 engineering vehicles, according to a local government publication from this year.

The policies call for favorable policies on new-energy vehicles depending on the local situation, according to the city’s transportation bureau, and the government will encourage individual purchases by adding more charging spots and a special parking lot for new energy cars.

Nantong began promoting several hundred new-energy vehicles in 2013 and 2014, and the owners of more than 370 vehicles have applied for the financial subsidy this year. And it already has three charging and battery swap stations for large vehicles and 20 for smaller models.

According to a State Council document, from July 9, anyone buying a pure electric car, plug-in hybrid or fuel cell car will not have to pay a sales tax, from Sept 1, 2014 to the end of 2017.