Shenzhen’s bus taxis are basically electrified, reducing fuel consumption in the transportation industry by 95% and reducing carbon emissions by 2.20 million tons per year

The reporter learned from the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Commission that the current proportion of pure electric taxis in Shenzhen has reached 99.06%, basically realizing the full electrification of taxis. By the end of 2017, all buses in Shenzhen have been fully electrified, which means that Shenzhen has become the first city in the world where buses and taxis are basically fully electrified.

As one of the 13 pilot cities of our country’s "demonstration and promotion of energy-saving and new energy vehicles", Shenzhen has been the first to promote new energy vehicles nationwide since 2010. At present, the fuel surcharge for fuel taxis in Shenzhen is 2 yuan/time. It is estimated that the annual surcharge for 21,400 electric taxis in Shenzhen is as high as 625 million yuan. Wang Huimin, a pure electric bus driver, told reporters that the cost of fuel vehicles per 100 kilometers is 77.55 yuan, and the maximum cost of electric vehicles is 25.3 yuan, which can be reduced by 67%.

According to statistics, after the full electrification of urban buses and taxis, Shenzhen’s annual emission reduction of nitrogen oxides and other pollutants is 869.6 tons. The annual reduction of carbon dioxide emissions is 2.209 million tons, which is almost equivalent to the carbon emissions of 800,000 household cars. Shenzhen’s transportation industry has also reduced fuel emissions by more than 95%. Low-noise pure electric vehicles also reduce noise pollution during driving.

"The windshield display of pure electric taxis will also appear in Luohu, Futian and other words. I will choose the vehicle on the way when I take a taxi, and I will no longer be afraid of being rejected by the driver," said Sister Min Wang of Shenzhen. The pure electric taxis in operation in Shenzhen are also equipped with intelligent end points, which realize functions such as facial recognition, real-time panoramic monitoring, accurate metering and multi-electronic payment.

The large-scale promotion and use of pure electric buses and taxis has also driven the rapid development of Shenzhen’s new energy industry. In 2017, the added value of Shenzhen’s new energy industry reached 67.64 billion yuan, an increase of 15.4%. Today, Shenzhen has become the largest and most clustered city in our country’s strategic emerging industries. BYD, a locally grown car company in Shenzhen, has been the global new energy vehicle sales champion for three consecutive years. New energy buses and taxis made in Shenzhen are also galloping in more than 200 large and medium-sized cities around the world, including London, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Sydney.