Shandong New Energy Automobiles' Batch Exports Increase 160% YoY

According to the Shandong Provincial Economic and Information Technology Committee, promoted by the national industrial policy, the province produced more than 33,000 new energy vehicles last year, an increase of 62.1% over the previous year. Among them, the completed export of 8174 vehicles, an increase of 160% over the previous year, accounting for 24.5% of the province's new energy vehicle production.

By the end of 2010, there were more than 70 new energy automobile and parts manufacturing companies in Shandong Province. In the year, 33,354 new energy vehicles with more than 10 varieties including hybrid buses, pure electric buses, low-speed electric vehicles, and tourist and sightseeing vehicles were produced.

In recent years, Shandong New Energy Bus has made rapid progress. At present, among the enterprises that produce new energy buses in Shandong Province are Zhongtong Bus, Shandong Yixing, Qilu Bus, Guanghai Airport in Weihai, Shandong Philosophy, among which, Zhongtong Bus, Shandong Jiuxing and Zhongshang Motor have obtained new energy bus production qualifications. Qilu bus is reporting. In 2010, the province produced 513 new energy buses, an increase of 90%. The Economic and Information Commission of Shandong Province anticipates that with the implementation of the national pilot policy for “ten cities and 1,000 vehicles” new energy vehicles demonstration and promotion and the promotion of the pilot city policy in Shandong Province, new energy buses will usher in a golden period of development.

Shandong Automobile Industry Association expects that in 2011, the province's low-speed electric car production is expected to exceed 60,000.