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The NEV Blue Book is the annual research report on the development of the Chinese new energy vehicles(NEVs）.This book is the third volume since it was first published in 2013. This book was jointly completed by many researchers from the Automotive Policy Research Center of China Automotive Technology and Research Center and field experts under the supports of Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. and under the guidance of many senior experts, scholars and advisors in the fields of NEVs and related industries.

In 2014, production and sales of our country’s NEVs grew fast and the synergy of various central and local supportive policies was fully displayed. The more satisfactory is that, private consumer market rose, quality and performance of NEV products on the market are gradually mature, product variety and quantity are richer and richer and the selection space of consumers has greatly increased. The annual NEV sales volume of our country reached 74763, the market shares of which increased from 0.08% of  2013 to 0.32%.Progress of power battery R&D and application that employ spositive pole materials such as ternary material and negative electrode materials such as lithium titanate is getting quicker. There emerges high tide in investment and acquisition of battery enterprises and the industry may enter into the peak season of integration. Production and market scale of drive motor is rapidly growing, product performance is constantly increasing and some enterprises even support overseas enterprises. Evaluation result of international competitiveness of NEV industry indicated that, compared with 2013, the overall international competitiveness of our country’s NEV industry had obviously increased. Compared with U.S. and Japan, though there is still distance, it is becoming smaller. All ministries and commissions actively implement the instructions of General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China on NEV promotion and application, exempt vehicle purchase tax and policies such as 2016-2020 financial support policy on promotion and application have released. By the end of March 2015, accumulatively popularized NEVs in 39 promotion and application cities (regions) had reached 97700. Business models are constantly enriched and innovated, NEV leasing and renting become the new highlight, new-type charging business modes are constantly boosting the scale of NEV promotion and application. By the end of 2014, there had totally established 835 EV charging stations and 30000 AC/DC charging piles. Though the current NEV production and marketing scale is not big, with the further improvement of policy system, it is predicted that in 2015, our country’s NEV market will keep the trend of fast growth, and it will show the trend of accelerated development in the future. China Manufacturing 2025 which was issued in May 2015 even described to us the layout plan of NEV industry in 2020 and 2025.

From the perspective of social science, NEV Blue Book in 2015 conducted comprehensive and systemic analysis on the development status of NEVs in China. This book not only made public readers understand the development status and trends of NEVs and publicized and popularized the concepts involved in the NEV development from the perspective of the mass, but also objectively assessed NEV technologies and products and analyzed the facing problems for the industry and thus provided suggestions and measures from the perspective of the professional. It would deepen the understanding of Chinese NEV industry for the automotive management authorities, research organizations, complete vehicle and auto parts manufacturers and the public, etc., and provided reference for formulating policies and regulations related NEV industry.