China National Heavy Duty Truck Group showcases its electric heavy trucks in Shanghai on May 15. CHINA DAILY
China has set its first nationwide targets to accelerate the green, low-carbon transformation of the heavy truck sector.
The country is expected to have 1.6 million new energy heavy trucks by 2030, with these vehicles accounting for 40 percent of new heavy truck sales, according to a recently released plan jointly issued by the Ministry of Transport and 10 other central government authorities.
Once fulfilled, new energy heavy trucks will account for 20 percent of the nation's entire heavy trucks fleet by the end of the decade.
Heavy trucks make up just 3 percent of China's total vehicle fleet yet generate half of all road transport carbon emissions, said Li Bin, an expert at the China Electric Power Research Institute, earlier in June. The statistic shows how electrifying heavy trucks is critical to hitting peak carbon goals within the transport sector.
