The latest investigation report reveals that China will usher in the outbreak of the new energy vehicles in the next 3 to 5 years. Fuel cell vehicles will be the development direction of the industry.

"Big Data Report on Chinese Future Vehicles", a co-sponsored research by Phoenix New Media and Nielsen, was released on 2016 China Auto Awards. The investigation sample covers 4 first-tier cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and 16 second-tier cities. The report is composed by four parts, automotive products in the future, automobile travel in the future, automotive society in the future, and automotive services in the future, trying to delineate the future of China's travel scenarios with big data.

The report holds the view that the main advantages of new energy vehicles include energy conservation, environmental protection, low cost, and the support of national policies.

The report shows that Chinese consumers are very optimistic about the development of smart vehicles and automatic driving. As for smart vehicles, safety and price are the main considerations of consumer. And further development of automatic driving still need to dispel consumers concerns on the safety and accident responsibility. Investigation shows that the peak of automatic driving becoming the mainstream of society will appear in the next 10 to 15 years.

In addition, public, intelligent, and sharing are the main characteristics of travel in the future. China's automotive after-sell service in the future will be digital, simple, and intelligent. As for travel laws and regulations in the future, consumers are most concerned about the application of intelligent driving, data security and accident responsibility.