Is the future of the electric car in China?
China is the future of the electric car.
At least, that's what Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn believes.
Speaking to the Associated Press at the 2013 Frankfurt聽聽Show, he said the car industry is carefully watching China to see how it decides to reduce emissions.
When the Chinese do make their move, it will bring on "the explosion of the electric聽," Ghosn said. (His words, not ours.)
While no one wants exploding electric cars, it's not surprising that Ghosn is hoping for an increase in demand from China.聽
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Nissan sold 2,420 Leafs in the United States last month,聽聽for the model, and will have sold about 80,000 globally by the end of this month.
Will China keep Renault-Nissan's electric car sales streak alive?
A vast fleet of electric cars is one of the main goals of the Chinese government's "new energy聽" policy, although how it will actually boost sales remains a bit of a mystery.
"New energy vehicle" originally meant electric cars, but the government revised the standard in 2011,聽聽and other technologies that could potentially boost聽.
At the time, the Chinese government set a goal of having one million new energy vehicles on the road by 2015. The bar was聽聽in a revised version of the policy released last year.
While China has continually revised its goals to bring them more in line with reality, it hasn't given up on electrification altogether.
Just recently, it聽聽while largely ignoring hybrids.
Ghosn undoubtedly hopes things stay that way.
