- Hainan, China’s southern island province, has become the country’s first province-level region to set a timetable for ending sales of gasoline-powered cars.
- Under the plan, which sets green development targets for the province over the 2026-30 period, new-energy vehicles (NEVs), including hybrid vehicles, are expected to account for 45 percent of its auto ownership by 2030, up from 23.75 percent in 2025, while gasoline-powered cars already in service will continue to be permitted on the roads.
- Starting from January 1, 2027, the country will cancel the policies of halving the vehicle and vessel tax for energy-saving vehicles and exempting certain NEVs, including pure electric commercial vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell commercial vehicles from the tax.
Goodbye gasoline
