China To Best U.S. in EVs But Not Hybrids

The Chinese government announced it will spend $14.7 billion through 2020 on alternative drivetrain vehicles, with the bulk of the money going towards all-electric vehicles, according to news reports quoted by Edmunds.com's Green Car Advisor.

That's a greater outlay in consumer subsidies, industry incentives and spending on charging infrastructure than in the U.S. which (for now) boasts a much larger economy. The Chinese government would like 5 million alternative-fuel vehicles to be on the roads by 2020.

The U.S. government has committed more than $2.5 billion in incentives for battery makers, consumer purchases, and for charging infrastructure, but won't come close to the Chinese commitment in future years. Not all of that money is bearing fruit. The DOE gave A123 Systems a $249 million grant last year to manufacture lithium ion batteries in Michigan, ostensibly for electric vehicles under contract to Chrysler. Last week A123 Systems ended its work with Chrysler and is now focusing more on batteries that provide energy storage for the grid.

Pike Research projects that between 2010 and 2015 China will have 1.85 million hybrids and EVs sold , with slightly more EVs (1 million) on the road. In the U.S. more than 2.3 million hybrids will be sold during that time, and 840,000 plug-in and all- electric vehicles.

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Hybrid revolution builds momentum

Could one American automaker's plan to sell a hybrid automobile for the same price as its gas-powered counterpart lead to more drivers enjoying a greener ride?

The car -- the Lincoln MKZ sedan, which debuts this fall -- will run on both gas and electrical power and get more than double the mileage of the traditional version in city driving.

Still, at $35,000, it doesn't come cheap.

The Lexus HS 250h, the MKZ's closest competitor, costs about $2,500 more than the Lexus IS, a similar small, gas-powered sedan. Ford charges $8,840 more for the hybrid version of its Ford Escape SUV.  

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GSA adding 5,600 hybrid vehicles, but higher cost remains issue

A massive fleet of new hybrid vehicles is arriving at federal agencies this summer as part of an unprecedented effort to offload the government's least fuel-efficient cars and trucks.

The General Services Administration earlier this year purchased more than 5,600 hybrid vehicles, which pair an electric motor with a traditional gasoline-powered engine. The move single-handedly doubled the government's inventory of hybrid vehicles.

GSA is leasing the new hybrid vehicles to agencies as they trade in their older vehicles, which GSA will sell at auction.

GSA received the first batch of vehicles about a month ago and will continue to receive new vehicles throughout the summer as they roll off the assembly line, said Bill Toth, director of GSA's Office of Motor Vehicle Management.

The new vehicles will go a long way toward helping agencies cut gasoline consumption and reduce their carbon footprints. Nearly all of the hybrid vehicles GSA purchased are 2010 Ford Fusions, a midsized sedan that gets 39 mph on city streets and highways combined — second in class only to the Toyota Prius. The Fusion emits 4.8 tons of carbon dioxide annually, compared with 7.5 tons for the nonhybrid version.

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China to Aid Electric Car Buyers

In a bid to boost China’s electric and hybrid car industry, the country will begin subsidizing sales of battery-powered vehicles, according to the Wall Street Journal.

China will give buyers of electric vehicles up to 60,000 yuan ($8,800) and buyers of certain gasoline-electric hybrids will receive as much as 50,000 yuan, the Journal Reported.

The pilot program will begin this year in five cities: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Changchun, Shenzen and Hefei. According to the Journal, it’s likely that the subsidies will apply only to vehicles made in China, although that was not yet clear.


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