China is requiring from July 10 that car companies owning intellectual property rights of electric vehicles further their research and development to speed up EV technologies.

 

The new regulation, an update to rules for the Made in China 2025 strategy and which was released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology last month, also rules that new manufacturers of pure electric and plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars must be registered in China.

 

The National Development and Reform Commission and MIIT issued the Management Regulation of Newly Founded Pure Electric Passenger Car Makers on June 4, giving specific technology thresholds to the emerging sector.

 

The regulation said the companies should refine their technologies in electric vehicle control systems, battery power and lightweight vehicle construction. New rule sets standards higher for EV technologies

 

They should also conduct more research and development in vehicle concept designs, systems and structure engineering, testing and finalizing of models.

 

More than 300,000 mini electric cars were sold in China last year, more than quadruple the number of sales for bigger new-energy vehicles.

 

(Source: China Daily)