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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A senior Volkswagen AG (OTC:) China executive reiterated on Saturday the German automaker’s commitment to quickening the stoop of electrification in the sector’s 2nd most interesting financial system despite points akin to intensified competition and used inquire.
VW plans to increase the quantity of charging posts for electric automobiles in China to 17,000 by 2025, because it deliberate to invest 15 billion euros ($16.26 billion) in the country on electric mobility together with its three joint ventures by 2024, Stefan Mecha, chief executive of the Volkswagen (ETR:) trace in China, told China’s EV 100 discussion board in Beijing.
“The market is flush with unique, extremely aggressive gamers nevertheless solid competition merely motivates us to continuously innovate and toughen,” Mecha said.
He added that despite softer instant term inquire in China, the firm is confident that there might perchance well be a restoration.
In February, Chinese electrified car maker BYD outsold the Volkswagen-branded automobiles to be the most interesting-selling passenger car trace in the sector’s most interesting auto marketplace for the 2nd month in four.
Mecha furthermore entreated China to lengthen a own uncover tax exemption on unique vitality automobiles (NEVs), which include both pure electric and sprint-in hybrid automobiles, previous this One year as allotment of the protection abet for the sector.
In September, China extended the tax exemption on such automobiles by a One year to the top of 2023.
The authorities is studying insurance policies to promote auto consumption and eliminate backward automakers as China’s NEV market faces challenges of used domestic inquire, Xin Guobin, vice minister at Ministry of Industry and Information Know-how, said on the identical discussion board.
Xin furthermore entreated the industry to enhance capabilities in securing offers of metals akin to lithium, cobalt and nickel because it furthermore faces threats of global alternate protectionism.
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