Green and smart transformation, resilience and high efficiency will mark the development of Shanghai’s urban transportation in the next 10 years, according to a white paper released by the municipal government. Continued efforts will be made to advance the development of new energy vehicles (NEVs) to reduce carbon emissions. The annual NEV output is expected to exceed 1.2 million units by 2025. The NEV industrial value should surpass CNY350 billion by 2025, accounting for more than 35% of the city’s total automotive industrial value, the white paper stated. At least 75% of the urban transportation in central parts of Shanghai should go green, including using more subways and NEV buses. To that end, NEVs should take up over 80% of the bus and taxi fleets in the city. Clean energy should also be more widely used in freight transport, the white paper added.
Resilience of the transportation network should be further improved, said Shanghai Vice Mayor Zhang Wei. Transportation services should be able to recover quickly from any potential disruptions by optimizing emergency response mechanisms. A highly efficient freight system should be built in the city to facilitate economic growth, he said. On top of that, Shanghai will promote the application of hydrogen fuel cells in public transportation, said Tang Wenkan, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization. By 2025, more than 70 hydrogen refueling stations should be built and put into operation in the city. An estimated 10,000 hydrogen-fueled buses and sanitation cars are expected to be in use in Shanghai by 2025, he said.
The development of connected smart automotive devices should be accelerated, Tang said. At least three Shanghai-based brands with high market recognition and another 10 blockbuster products should be rolled out in the city by 2025, with the total industrial value of connected smart automotive devices reaching CNY500 billion. Meanwhile, vehicles with third-level assisted driving automation functions, or L3 technologies, should take up over 70% of all the new cars produced in the city by 2025. Vehicles with L4, or fully autonomous driving technologies, should be applied in logistics, sanitation and passenger transport in the next decade, he said. Autonomous driving will be gradually promoted for commercialized operation in the Pudong New Area, said Tang, as reported by the Shanghai Daily.
