????中國在對待電動汽車的問題上開始擺出了嚴肅的姿態。政府正考慮投資160億美元，在全國范圍內建立電動汽車充電站，希望能刺激國內清潔能源汽車的市場需求。

????據彭博新聞（Bloomberg News）報道，新政策目前仍在醞釀中，尚未正式發布，有關充電站的分布范圍、以及對特斯拉（Tesla）等品牌汽車充電是否兼容之類的細節仍屬未知。

????配合政府的其他努力，充電站網絡將推動電動汽車在國內的普及，其中包括來自比亞迪（BYD）和康迪汽車（Kandi Technologies）等中國本土公司的產品。

????中國是世界上碳排放量最大的國家，多年來一直在努力應對嚴重的空氣污染。國家希望廣大司機改變使用汽油燃料的習慣，借此緩解日益嚴重的污染問題。

????中國還出臺了一些其他政策來促進電動汽車的普及，其中包括取消燃油經濟型汽車、油電混合動力車和電池動力車的車輛購置稅。政府部門也得到指示，采購公車時需要選擇這些更為清潔的車型。

????中央政府希望到2016年，電動汽車至少占到公車總數的30%，在各省開始遵從指示后，該比例預計還將繼續提升。

????這一系列新政策已經開始幫助到中國本土的電動汽車制造商。由于政策有利，比亞迪公司今年上半年的汽車銷量上漲了六倍。沃倫?巴菲特旗下的伯克希爾?哈撒韋公司（Berkshire Hathaway）持有其部分股份。（財富中文網）

????譯者：嚴匡正

????China is getting serious about electric cars. The government is considering a $16 billion investment to build electric-vehicle chargers across the country, hoping to encourage demand for the clean-burning cars.

????The policy has not been publicly announced and details on the scope and charging compatibility for brands like Tesla is unknown, according to reports from Bloomberg News.

????The charging station network will build on other government efforts to push the adoption of electric cars, including those manufactured by local companies like BYD and Kandi Technologies.

????China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, has been coping with serious air pollution issues for years now. By switching drivers away from traditional gasoline fuel, China is hoping to fight its growing pollution problems.

????Other Chinese policies to push electric vehicles include repealing a purchase tax on the fuel-saving cars and for plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles. Governmental departments are also required to purchase these cleaner options for official uses.

????The central government aims for electric cars to make up at least 30% of its official fleet by 2016, and that ratio is expected to grow once local provinces become subject to the guidelines.

????The new policies already appear to be helping local electric vehicle makers. BYD, which is partially owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, reported car sales were up sixfold during the first half of this year as a result of the favorable guidelines.