Today, the reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that in 2021, China's new energy vehicle sales reached 3.521 million units, an increase of 1.6 times year-on-year, ranking first in the world for 7 consecutive years.
Wang Weiming, director of the First Department of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Courtesy of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Wang Weiming, director of the First Department of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that in the in-depth implementation of the "New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)", we will continue to carry out new energy vehicle activities in the countryside, start the pilot application of the power exchange mode, optimize and adjust the "double integral" policy, start the demonstration application of fuel cell vehicles, and promote the improvement of the level of electrification in the public domain. The market for new passenger cars equipped with combined driver assistance systems accounts for 20%. At the same time, the highlights of innovation achievements in 2021 and the ability to sustainability are further enhanced, with the energy density of power battery cells approaching 300 Wh/kg and the system energy density exceeding 200 Wh/kg.
Wang Weiming revealed that in 2021, the cumulative sales of Chinese brand passenger cars were 9.543 million units, an increase of 23.1% year-on-year, and the market share reached 44.4%, an increase of 6 percentage points year-on-year; the export of complete vehicles was 2.015 million units, an increase of 1 times year-on-year, a record high.
It is reported that in 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology compiled and issued the "Management Specification for Road Testing and Demonstration Applications of Intelligent Connected Vehicles", carried out the pilot project of coordinated development of smart city infrastructure and intelligent networked vehicles, accelerated the formulation of standards such as vehicle information security, software upgrades, and data recording systems, accelerated the industrialization process, realized the loading application of the intelligent networked vehicle on-board basic computing platform, and reached the international advanced level of computing power of artificial intelligence chips.
Reporter: Ye Zhonghua