China to Give Gas Guzzlers More Time While Promoting EVs
- Country set to avoid giving firm deadline for fossil-fuel exit
- China wants about half of vehicles to be electric by 2035
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China is poised to give fossil-fuel cars more time to co-exist with electric vehicles, moving away from considerations to have a deadline for a ban on conventional automobiles.
The country shouldn’t set a firm timetable for phasing out fossil-fuel vehicles, the head of a panel advising the government on the matter said at an industry event in Nanjing, China, on Wednesday. National conditions aren’t yet suitable for a target date, said the policymaker, Wang Binggang.