History

20062010 Rapid Transition from Pilots and Early Commercialization to Real World Deployment

2006 The 11th Five-Year Plan formally included the NEV promotion strategic plan, shifting the focus of the "863 Program" (a high-tech R&D initiative) toward the industrialization of electric drive systems and lithium-ion batteries

2006 Gotion founded its battery subsidiary Gotion High Tech in 2006, marking its strategic pivot from real estate development into lithium-ion battery manufacturing

20072008 The government established the first formal rule in 2007 for the administration of NEV manufacturing and sales, creating a legal framework for new entrants into the industry

2009 The Thousand Talents Plan 千人计划 2008 recruited overseas top talents, bringing experienced engineers from global automakers into domestic battery firms and accelerating the shift from battery chemistry to automotive-grade EV engineering

20072008 The 2008 Beijing Olympics served as a major showcase for China's NEV industry, debuting 500 domestically produced NEVs and marking the start of large-scale industrialization

Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles policy,十城 千辆 2009 A landmark NEV program targeting 1000 NEVs per city per year, with a focus on public fleets (buses, taxis, sanitation). It expanded from 10 to 25 cities with ¥10B in central funding, using fleet procurement to de-risk technology, force scale, and turn NEVs from lab projects into a mature battery and NEV supply chain

2009 Hong Kong based EVB Technology GP Batteries) producing NiMH and Li-ion batteries became the first facility certified to IATF 16949 and TL9000 in 2008

Source: Plug-in electric vehicles in China, Battling for Batteries: Li-ion Policy and Supply Chain Dynamics in the U.S. and China

In 20082009, BYD launched the F3DM, the world's first mass-produced PHEV, secured a $230M Berkshire Hathaway investment, and introduced the e6, its first pure BEV

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