Shanghai (ZXZC)- Outputs and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are expected to rise to around 30% of the region's overall new car production and sales volumes by 2025, according to a planning local government issued on Jan. 14 and hammered out for the development of NEV industry through to 2025.

Under the planning, GZAR eyes over 1 million units in both annual NEV outputs and sales by 2025.

Wuling Hongguang MINIEV; photo credit: SGMW

Per the policy paper, Guangxi will endeavor to build a comprehensive core component supply system for NEVs, wishing to see that over 70% auto parts will be sourced from local suppliers for Guangxi's auto production by 2025.

By that year, the NEV-related industrial innovation system will be further improved, enterprises' capabilities of innovation, experiment and testing will be significantly enhanced, and the core technologies about NEV R&D will reach a country's leading level. In accordance with national-level requirements for ICVs (intelligent-connected vehicles), Guangxi will possess the capabilities of simulation testing, and vehicles testing on geofenced grounds and public roads.

In the 14th five-year plan period (2021-2025), Guangxi aims to build 80,000 public charging piles and 147,000 private charging poles for the sake of a more convenient and efficient EV charging network.

By 2025, NEV parc in Guangxi will be increased by over 450,000 units compared to the level reached by the end of 2020. In the public service sector, the proportion of NEVs will climb year by year among vehicles (including buses, sanitations cars, taxis, and urban logistics cars) added as new members or replacement.

The most well-known automaker in Guangxi must be SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), who has today's top-selling NEV model in China, the Wuling Hongguang MINIEV.