Beijing saw an increase of 17,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the first half of 2018. By the end of June, a total of 188,000 BEVs had been sold in Beijing, accounting for 11.6 percent of the country's total number. Among that, 140,000 were sold to individuals and companies and 48,000 were used in the public sphere.

Beijing's new energy automobile industry is also fast developing overall. In the first half of this year, automaker BAIC BJEV sold 53,598 new energy vehicles, up 79 percent from the same period last year. There have been about 130,000 charging piles all over the city, including 93,000 privately installed for home use, 20,000 accessible to the general public, and 17,000 installed for the public transport system.

To promote new energy vehicles, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, together with the Beijing Municipal Economic Informatization Commission, the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Urban Management Commission, and the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission, promulgated and implemented the "Measures for Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles in Beijing" and took the lead nationwide in abolishing the pre-registration system for new energy vehicles. In July 2018, the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau and other relevant authorities jointly issued a new notice to subsidize new energy vehicles (including BEVs and fuel cell vehicles).

According to a draft of the "Action Plan for the Promotion and Application of New Energy Smart Vehicles in Beijing (2018-2020)," by 2020, the total number of new energy vehicles sold in Beijing shall exceed 400,000.

To achieve that goal, Beijing will increase the usage of electric vehicles in key fields such as taxis, public transport, and logistics. By the end of 2020, the capital aims to expand the demonstration scale of battery electric taxis, and raise the proportion of newly-added taxis that use new energy to 80 percent. The city will continue to promote the electrification of public transport, and all buses used in central urban areas and the sub-center will all be replaced by electric vehicles. In the fields of logistics, vehicles for postal services, express delivery (under 4.5 tons) and logistics distribution (under 4.5 tons) will be largely replaced with electric vehicles. 

In addition, Beijing also aims to promote the usage of electric vehicles in its airport green traffic demonstration area, the sub-center low-carbon demonstration area, the Winter Olympics demonstration area, among others.

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