{"id":47703,"date":"2017-12-18T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=47703"},"modified":"2017-12-18T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:13:12","slug":"chinese-automaker-baic-stop-selling-non-electric-cars-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/chinese-automaker-baic-stop-selling-non-electric-cars-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Automaker BAIC To Stop Selling Its Non-Electric Cars By 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The China-based auto manufacturer BAIC Motor Corp is now aiming to cease sale of its self-developed and self-branded conventionally powered cars by 2025, <em>China Daily<\/em> has reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-Xu-Heyi-Chairman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47706 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-Xu-Heyi-Chairman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the morning of December the 9th, 2017 at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baicgroup.com.cn\/news_detail.php?type=2&amp;id=1920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inauguration<\/a>\u00a0of the Beijing New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Centre, the president of BAIC Group promised to end the sales of BAIC fossil fuelled passenger cars by 2025, making it the second Chinese automaker to make this commitment,&#8221; Tim Dixon writes on <a href=\"https:\/\/evobsession.com\/baic-group-to-end-sales-of-fossil-fuelled-cars-by-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>EV Obsession<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2017\/12\/18\/chinese-auto-giant-baic-going-100-electric-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>CleanTechnica<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;BAIC Group, a state-owned enterprise, is the largest Chinese automaker. In 2009, BAIC founded BAIC New Energy Vehicle and began the process of researching and building electric vehicles. &#8230;The BAIC EC-Series\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2017\/11\/21\/baic-ec-series-scores-11000-sales-october-china-electric-car-sales-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was the best selling EV in the world in October of this year<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xu Heyi, BAIC Group Chairman,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baicgroup.com.cn\/news_detail.php?type=2&amp;id=1920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promised<\/a>, \u201cOur goal is: to take the lead in Beijing in 2020 to fully stop our own brand of traditional fuel passenger cars sale to completely discontinue the production and sale of our own brand of traditional fuel passenger cars in China by 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-tHoV3\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important;\" src=\"\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/tHoV3\/2\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">if(\"undefined\"==typeof window.datawrapper)window.datawrapper={};window.datawrapper[\"tHoV3\"]={},window.datawrapper[\"tHoV3\"].embedDeltas={\"100\":810,\"200\":717,\"300\":675,\"400\":675,\"500\":650,\"600\":650,\"700\":650,\"800\":650,\"900\":650,\"1000\":650},window.datawrapper[\"tHoV3\"].iframe=document.getElementById(\"datawrapper-chart-tHoV3\"),window.datawrapper[\"tHoV3\"].iframe.style.height=window.datawrapper[\"tHoV3\"].embedDeltas[Math.min(1e3,Math.max(100*Math.floor(window.datawrapper[\"tHoV3\"].iframe.offsetWidth\/100),100))]+\"px\",window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(\"undefined\"!=typeof a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var b in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])if(\"tHoV3\"==b)window.datawrapper[\"tHoV3\"].iframe.style.height=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][b]+\"px\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company&#8217;s plan is reportedly to first stop sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the heavily polluted capital of Beijing, before then rolling out the shift elsewhere. It&#8217;s not completely clear yet what will happen with regard to the cars made in partnership with Germany&#8217;s Daimler and with South Korea&#8217;s Hyundai.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The news follows on earlier reports that BAIC Chairman Xu Heyi had stated that the transition away from petrol\/gasoline-powered vehicles &#8212; instigated by the government&#8217;s new electric vehicle quota system (going into effect in 2019) &#8212; was &#8220;challenging&#8221; for the company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47705 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260-1170x878.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260-585x439.jpg 585w, https:\/\/planetsave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BAIC-E260-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Our goal is to stop sales of self-developed conventional fuel-powered cars in Beijing by 2020 and stop their production and sales nationwide by 2025,&#8221; BAIC Chairman Xu Heyi was quoted as saying.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-baic-group-china-autos\/baic-motor-looks-to-phase-out-conventional-fuel-cars-by-2025-china-daily-idUSKBN1E6044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/em> provides more: &#8220;Beijing wants so-called new-energy vehicles (NEVs) to make up at least a fifth of Chinese auto sales by 2025 to reduce air pollution and close a competitive gap between its newer domestic automakers and their global rivals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interesting news \u2014 though we&#8217;ll have to wait a while to find out if BAIC ends up meeting these aims. Also, it&#8217;s worth highlighting that BAIC wasn&#8217;t the first major Chinese automaker to set this public goal. In fact, it trailed a top competitor by a few weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/evobsession.com\/changan-automobile-aims-end-sales-traditional-fuel-vehicles-2025-invest-100-billion-yuan-15-billion-usd-electrification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Changan Automobile Co. made the commitment to stop producing non-electric cars by 2025<\/a> in November. This is part of its\u00a0100 billion yuan ($15 billion)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2017\/10\/27\/changans-15-billion-electric-revolution-shangri-la-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shangri-La plan<\/a>. Currently, Changan is the country&#8217;s 5th largest automaker, so it must see this market transition as an opportunity to climb the ranks in the fast-growing and world-leading auto market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back to Tim Dixon&#8217;s article, &#8220;BAIC Chairman Xu Heyi recently got\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2017\/10\/24\/baic-chairman-china-electric-car-production-top-1-million-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">into the news<\/a>\u00a0when he predicted that in 2018 electric vehicle production in China would rise to more than 1 million cars, and then get up to 3 million by 2020. More coverage of the Beijing New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Centre and China\u2019s ongoing development of the EV business ecosystem is coming soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The China-based auto manufacturer BAIC Motor Corp is now aiming to cease sale of its self-developed and self-branded conventionally powered cars by 2025, China Daily has reported. &#8220;On the morning of December the 9th, 2017 at the\u00a0inauguration\u00a0of the Beijing New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Centre, the president of BAIC Group promised to end the sales 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