New Energy Vehicle Subsidy Program Readjusted

Unequal fiscal subsidies are diversifying the new energy market.

The promotion of new energy vehicles is gradually approaching, and the market competition for ultracapacitors and lithium batteries is becoming increasingly intense.

However, compared with the high standard subsidies for lithium battery pure electric vehicles, the low-grade subsidy standard for ultra-capacitor pure electric buses has become an insurmountable “mountain” in the face of its development.

During the two sessions, Sheng Mingfu, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the China Agriculture, Forestry and Water Supply Trade Union, submitted the "Proposal on Promoting Fiscal Equality Support for New Energy Vehicles" (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposal"), hoping that a supercapacitor pure electric passenger car will achieve a fair market environment. The market determines the future of technological innovation.

Wang Bing-gang, former director of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center and head of the supervision panel for major electric vehicle projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, told the “Daily Economic News” reporter that he is seeking new energy vehicle subsidy measures from 2016 to 2020, and the subsidy ideas will be adjusted.

Subsidies have a differential impact on independent innovation

The "Proposal" pointed out that the subsidy for super capacitor cars is only 300,000 yuan, and there is a huge gap between the 1 million yuan of lithium battery cars and severely undermines independent innovation.

According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in February, the production of new energy vehicles reached 6,190 units, and the sales volume was 6,045 units, which was a 2.7-fold and 3-fold increase, respectively, compared with the same period last year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles completed 3,061 vehicles and 2,890 vehicles respectively, an increase of 2.8 times and 4 times respectively.

However, the disputes in the field of new energy vehicles in recent years have not been interrupted, mainly focused on the technical disputes of lithium batteries, super capacitors, etc. The root cause comes from the subsidy policy.

According to the “Notice on Continuing the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles” issued by the Ministry of Finance and other four ministries in September 2013, the subsidy standard for the promotion and application of lithium battery pure electric vehicles is 500,000 yuan, and the fixed subsidies for ultracapacitor pure electric buses are subsidized. For 150,000 yuan, the minimum level of subsidy. With the subsidy rate of 1:1 for local finance, the "Proposal" pointed out that the subsidy for a super-capacity pure electric passenger car is only 300,000 yuan, which is a huge gap from the 1 million yuan for a pure lithium-ion battery electric vehicle. Seriously cracked down on independent innovation.

In this regard, Wang Binggang believes that "the same as a pure electric passenger car, a difference of 700,000 yuan in financial subsidies is certainly a problem." It is understood that lithium battery charging for about 8 hours can continue to drive 100 to 200 kilometers, super capacitor charging for 3 minutes About 20 kilometers can be continued. Therefore, in private cars and long-distance cars, lithium-ion battery vehicles have the continuation advantage. In urban public transport and 24-hour cycle tractors, super-capacitor cars can be charged and moved, making them more flexible.

Wang Binggang said, "Compared with pure electric vehicles that require strong endurance, supercapacitors are another extreme and can be continuously recharged. This should be a different technical route. We should encourage everyone to try different technical routes and then hand them over to the market. , selected by the bus company."

The new subsidy program has been publicized to the public

The "Proposal" pointed out that the promotion and subsidy standards for new energy buses should be determined based on actual energy conservation and emission reduction effects, and cannot be determined by manufacturing costs.

“In terms of new energy vehicles, our country basically divides the subsidy standards with technical routes and products. It is not appropriate for the government to determine the technical route,” said Wang Jian, a professor at Chongqing Jiaotong University, in an interview with the reporter of the “Daily Economic News”. The subsidy policy should be based on the effect of energy conservation and emission reduction, and enjoy policy encouragement accordingly. The "Proposal" pointed out: "We believe that the promotion and subsidy standards for new energy buses should be determined by actual energy conservation and emission reduction effects. They cannot be determined by manufacturing costs, and they cannot support high costs and low cost. They support old production capacity and discourage it. new technology."

Wang Binggang pointed out that for the lithium battery new energy vehicle subsidies are too large, according to the number of batteries and prices to determine the subsidy standards and other subsidy ideas need to be improved. Subsidies do not have to distinguish exactly what technology they are. As long as they are pure electric drives, they can operate normally and the subsidies should be the same. This encourages different technical routes to compete. Finally, better technologies will remain. Unreasonable technologies will be Eliminated.

It is worth noting that on December 30, 2014, the four ministries jointly drafted the "2016-2020 Financial Support Policy for the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles" and made public announcements. The new phase of the subsidy policy for new energy vehicles was pending.

At the same time, Wang Binggang disclosed that the next step should be to consider operating subsidies, and only in this way can we truly achieve the role of energy-saving emission reduction, the State Ministry of Finance has stated that new energy vehicles should give operating subsidies. In the next step, buses should appropriately reduce the purchase subsidies, operating subsidies and a small amount of car subsidies to replace the current national and local car purchase subsidies.