Electrification Strategy for China

This paper covers the challenges within China for the reduction in CO2 emissions including within the automotive sector, to meet the 2015 Paris climate agreement of net zero by 2060, while balancing the need for increased energy consumption as the country continues to economically grow and balancing the aspirations of the general populous. The demographic challenges due to the size and the geography of the country mean a complete step to a fully electrified passenger car market is not possible in a time frame followed within Europe because the base energy production is still coal based. Therefore, a pragmatic approach of using hybridization in parallel is being followed with increasingly challenging fuel economy targets to ensure efficiency is continually maximized. To this end Geely has developed and continues to develop a modular hybrid platform under the Nord Thor Powertrain name, that covers all potential permutations of applications to offer the customer covering HEV, PHEV, Flex fuel and Range Extender applications.