Miao Wei, former minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: this year, the target of 25% penetration of new energy vehicles may be achieved, three years ahead of schedule.

Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com9 news on March 6, with the continuous development of new energy vehicle technology and the continuous improvement of related policies, many car companies have begun to vigorously develop new energy vehicle business. At the same time, more and more users are buying new energy vehicles.

Today, the 4th Global New Energy and Smart vehicle supply chain Innovation Conference opened in Nanjing. At this session, Miao Wei, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and former minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that production and sales of new energy vehicles are expected to reach 5.5 million this year, which means that the target of 25% penetration of new energy vehicles can be achieved three years ahead of schedule, that is, this year.

On November 2, 2020, the General Office of the State Council issued the Development Plan of New Energy vehicle Industry (2021-2035), which puts forward the goal of achieving 25% penetration of new energy vehicles in 2025.

CTOnews.com learned that at the 2022 World New Energy vehicle Congress in August, some experts said that the cumulative global sales of new energy vehicles have now exceeded 20 million. In the first half of this year, global sales of new energy vehicles exceeded 4.22 million, an increase of 66.38 per cent over the same period last year. Among them, the sales of new energy vehicles in China reached 2.6 million in the first half of the year, accounting for more than 60% of the total global sales. At the same time, the market penetration rate of new energy vehicles in China has exceeded 21.6%, and the number of new energy vehicles has exceeded 11 million.