China To Phase Out Electric-Car Subsidies By 2021, Let ‘Market Decide’

Venucia E30 (Chinese version of Nissan Leaf electric car), Guangzhou Auto Show [photo: ChinaAutoWeb]

After years of enthusiastic support, China’s national government may soon discontinue its electric-car subsidies. Seeing electric cars as a way to solve the country’s serious air-pollution problem, China’s local, state, and national governments enacted various generous incentives to entice an indifferent public. And over the past year or so… …read more