Beijing
announced plans in 2017 to phase out petrol vehicles across the
nation (AFP
Photo/STR)
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China's southern Hainan island will end sales of fossil fuel-only cars in 2030, officials said, becoming the first province to announce a target end date for a transition away from gas guzzlers.
Beijing
announced plans in 2017 to phase out petrol vehicles across the nation, but it
did not set a date, as the country aims to cut pollution and reduce its
dependence on imported oil.
Starting in
2030, sales of fossil fuel cars will be prohibited in Hainan, the provincial
government said Tuesday, with officials saying they aim to hit President Xi
Jinping's goal for the island to become a "civilised ecology test
zone."
Known as
China's Hawaii thanks to its resorts and tropical beaches, Hainan is set to
become the country's largest free trade zone.
It also
hopes to serve as a test area for some of Beijing's ambitious policies like
fostering hi-tech industries and attracting international tourist dollars.
China
remains at the forefront of the electric car revolution, with hundreds of
homegrown electric automakers sprouting and ample government subsidies to push
consumers into new energy vehicles.
New energy
vehicles include fully electric cars, as well as plug-in hybrids and fuel cell
vehicles, the government said.
Hainan will
start its replacement policy by requiring 100 percent of retired government
cars, public buses and taxis to be replaced with new energy vehicles. That will
then extend to tourist buses, rental cars and light trucks.
The
government said the ban on private fossil fuel vehicles will ensure consumers
replace gas guzzlers with greener cars by 2030.
It also
laid out plans to build a larger electric charger and fuel cell filing network.
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