Analysis on the Successional Trend of China's New Energy Buses Promotion Policies

Abstract

In popularization and application of new energy buses has become the pioneer for popularization and application of new energy vehicles in China. This article attempts to analyze the successional trend of new energy bus from the published promotion policies aspect. Firstly, this paper summarized the new energy bus promotion policies in China since 2009 and organized them into five parts, including popularizing demonstration plan, policy on financial subsidy, industry management policies, S&T innovation policy and infrastructure policies. Then policy changing trends are analyzed, such as the fall-off speed of purchase subsidy is being accelerated; the purchase subsidy is more specialized and requires higher technical performance of vehicles; construction scale of charging infrastructure has been enlarged continuously and quality assurance standards are more pragmatic. Finally, policy suggestions for subsidy are presented.