Chenglian Branch Cui Dongshu: In August, the focus of the switch to electric vehicles is mainly on special-purpose vehicles, with a wide range of high-energy density products for extended-range and pure electric batteries.

Cui Dongshu, the Secretary-General of the China Passenger Car Association, wrote in an article that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology continues to publish a list of new energy vehicle models exempt from vehicle purchase tax in the first half of the year. This allows for tracking of the drastic changes in new energy vehicle technology, with hydrogen fuel vehicles struggling and the trend of electric vehicles replacing fuel becoming more apparent. Overall, the technological improvement of tax-exempt vehicle models has been relatively stable. In August, there were more pure electric passenger cars with a range of over 600 kilometers. In August, the focus of electric vehicle models shifted to specialized vehicles. There is a rich supply of products with high energy density batteries for extended range and pure electric vehicles. Since the second half of 2024, there have been no hydrogen fuel vehicle models launched for passenger cars. In 2025, there are 202 extended range models of cars and a large number of heavy-duty extended range models of commercial vehicles. There are many competitive new energy vehicle models from domestic traditional car manufacturers.