Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the breakthrough of all-solid-state batteries, high-level autonomous driving and other technologies.

On the 14th, it was learned that the inter-ministerial joint meeting on the development of energy-saving and new energy vehicles industry held its 2026 work meeting in Beijing. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that they need to enhance the self-controllable ability of the industry chain supply chain, and accelerate breakthroughs in technologies such as all solid-state batteries and high-level autonomous driving. It is reported that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the market size of China's new energy vehicles will increase by 3.6 times, the cost of power batteries will decrease by 30%, the lifespan will increase by 40%, and the charging rate will increase by more than 3 times, further enhancing international competitive advantages. The meeting proposed that 2026 is the year the "15th Five-Year Plan" begins, and the development of the intelligent and connected new energy vehicle industry is at an important opportunity period. They need to increase work coordination efforts, further improve work measures, and promote the high-quality development of the industry. Multiple deployments were made for key work in 2026: - Formulate the development plan for the intelligent and connected new energy vehicle industry in the "15th Five-Year Plan", strengthen collaborative layout with energy, infrastructure, and other related plans, and lead the innovation and development of the industry. - Implement a new round of high-quality development actions for key industrial chains, strengthen breakthroughs in landmark products, basic materials, tool software, etc. - Further expand automobile consumption, promote the trade-in of old cars for new ones, promote the large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks, deepen reforms in the new energy vehicle insurance sector, and stimulate the potential for diverse consumption. - At the same time, standardize the order of industrial competition, strengthen cost investigations and price monitoring, enhance product production consistency supervision and quality inspection, strengthen the role of standards in leading the industry upgrade, and guide industry self-discipline. - Strengthen international cooperation support in trade, investment, technology, etc., guide companies to reasonably, orderly, and safely deploy overseas, and promote the formation of a new global industrial cooperation situation.