Shanghai Sets Target for New Energy Vehicle Sales

(Beijing) -- Municipal authorities in Shanghai have approved a plan to further encourage the use of new energy vehicles in the city, in which a target is set to add 13,000 new energy cars in operation by the end of 2015.

But the eligibility of imported electric cars such as Tesla to the preferential policies has remained unclear.

The plan envisions sales of 9,500 plug-in hybrid and fully-electric passenger cars, 1,400 electric buses, and 2,100 specialized vehicles over the course of 2014 and 2015, and expects nearly a third of those sales to come this year.