Table Of ContentAutomotive Data of China Co., Ltd.
China Automotive
Low Carbon Action
Plan (2022)
Low Carbon Development Strategy and
Transformation Path for Carbon Neutral
Automotive
China Automotive Low Carbon Action Plan (2022)
Automotive Data of China Co., Ltd.
China Automotive Low
Carbon Action Plan (2022)
Low Carbon Development Strategy
and Transformation Path for Carbon Neutral
Automotive
CATARC-ADC
Automotive Data of China Co., Ltd.
Automotive Data of China Co., Ltd.
Tianjin, China
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Editorial Board
Director of the Editorial Board
Yi Feng
Deputy Directors of the Editorial Board
Peng Zhang
Dongchang Zhao
Shujie Xu
Mingnan Zhao
Executive Director of the Editorial Board
Xin Sun
Members of the Editorial Board
Achim Teuber
Amir F. N. Abdul-Manan
Bing Qian
Bo Wu
Changsu Song
Changxing Ji
Changyou Xia
Chunhui Liu
Cuimei Ma
Dahai Meng
Deqing Guo
Guoqiang Xu
Hongjie Zhang
Huanran Liu
Hui Guo
Jiaang Li
Jianxin Li
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Jiaxiang Ren
Jin Zhu
Jing Liu
Jinlong Wu
Kefan Mo
Kun Chen
Li Pan
Lina Shi
Linfeng Lu
Man Luo
Matthias Ballweg
Muxin Liu
Peng Han
Ping Fan
Qiuping Li
Rui Su
Ruoxin Wang
Shaoliang Zhong
Shuwen Liu
Ting Zhang
Tongzhu Zhang
Wei Chang
Xi Liang
Xiaoling Zhang
Xingyu Xue
Xinzhu Zheng
Yan Zhang
Yifei Kang
Yinghao Liu
Yue Ren
Yuping Zhang
Zhen Wang
Zhenlu Lei
Zhipeng Sun
Advisory Board
Members of the Advisory Board
Aimin Ma
Fuqiang Yang
Guibin Lin
Jianhua Pan
Jiannan Wang
Junfeng Li
Kebin He
Qimin Chai
Qingchen Chao
Chunxiu Tian
Fengchang Wu
Xiliang Zhang
Yonghong Li
Zheng Li
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Foreword
The greenhouse gas emission from human activities, as proved by tremendous scien-
tific evidences, is an important cause for the current global climate warming, espe-
cially since the industrial revolution. In view of this, the Paris Agreement came
into being, which clearly stipulates to hold the global average temperature rise from
the level before the industrial revolution to below 2 °C and even below 1.5 °C. In
order to achieve such temperature control goal, all signatories shall, on the basis
of equality, achieve a balance between the anthropogenic GHG emission and the
sink and removal (i.e., carbon neutrality) during the second half of the century. On
September 22, 2020, President Xi Jinping announced that China would strive to hit
peak emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
The automotive industry, as the pillar industry of China’s national economy, shows
important carbon emission characteristics such as rapid growth of total carbon emis-
sions and strong driving force to the whole industry chain. The adoption of 30/60
goals (i.e., achieving peak CO emissions by 2030 and hitting carbon neutrality by
2
2060) meets the actual need of China to actively participate in international climate
governance and demonstrate our sense of responsibility as a major country and also
creates a big opportunity for the green, low-carbon, and high-quality transforma-
tion and upgrading of the automotive industry. The automotive industry should lead
other industries in China to realize net zero carbon emission and pull or push the
decarbonization of upstream and downstream industry chains with suitable path-
ways selected, enabling China’s independent automotive brands to grow from big
automotive brands to strong automotive brands.
The “14th Five-Year Plan” period is a critical strategic period for the green and
low-carbon transformation and upgrading of the automotive industry. In 2021, China
became the world’s largest automobile producer and consumer with a vehicle popula-
tion exceeded 300 million. China’s automotive industry has been under the transfor-
mation from high-speed growth to high-quality development, and its carbon emission
reduction is crucial to the successful achievement of the carbon peak goal. While
actively promoting green and low-carbon development, the automotive industry is
also facing some opportunities and challenges, for example, what carbon reduction
paths are available for passenger vehicle enterprises to choose? At what stage should
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the path be switched? What is the effect of transformation? How can commercial
vehicle enterprises formulate market-oriented strategies as well as carbon emission
reduction goals and paths? How can the automotive industry become an outstanding
practitioner of the “30/60” goals?
In order to promote the carbon emission reduction of the automotive industry,
Automotive Data of China Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as CATARC-ADC)
has been devoted in the on automotive carbon emission management for many
years. Since 2018, CATARC-ADC has established the World Automotive Life Cycle
Assessment Working Group (WALCA), and initiated the China Automobile Low
Carbon Action Plan (CALCP). Since then, it has accounted for and released the
research results on the life cycle carbon emissions of more than 15,000 passenger
vehicle models for five consecutive years.
In 2022, CATARC-ADC carried out a study on China Automobile Low Carbon
Action Plan (2022) together with 20 research institutes at home and abroad. This
study first, based on the China Automotive Life Cycle Assessment Model (CALCM),
accounts for the life cycle carbon emission of single vehicle, enterprise, and fleet of
passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles sold in China in 2021 and analyzes and
publicizes the current life cycle carbon emission of China’s automobile enterprises
and products; secondly, with carbon neutrality of the automotive industry as focus,
puts forward from different perspectives ten transition paths, including clean elec-
tricity; vehicle electrification; fuel decarbonization; low-carbon material; produc-
tion digitalization; transportation intelligence; shared mobility; resource recycling;
carbon capture, utilization and storage; and product ecologicalization, sets up three
scenarios namely reference scenario, low-carbon scenario, and enhanced low-carbon
scenario, and then fully discusses the carbon emission reduction potential of different
paths under these scenarios; finally, based on the research results and the challenges
facing the automotive industry at home and abroad under the carbon peak and carbon
neutrality goals, points out policy measures and strategic suggestions for the low-
carbon development of China’s automotive industry, with a view to supporting the
formulation of national carbon emission policies, promoting the R&D and appli-
cation of low-carbon technologies, leading the automotive industry to achieve the
carbon neutrality goal, and promoting the higher quality, more efficient, and more
sustainable development of automotive industry.
Yi Feng is the director of the Editorial Board of this book, and Peng Zhang,
Dongchang Zhao, Shujie Xu, and Mingnan Zhao are the deputy directors of the
Editorial Board. Xin Sun, the executive director of the Editorial Board, is responsible
for the determination of the overall idea and key points of the book, the revision as
well as the coordination and organization, and Jinlong Wu is responsible for the final
compilation and edit. Chapter 1 was drafted by Hongjie Zhang; Chap. 2 by Hongjie
Zhang and Jianxin Li; Chap. 3 by Jiaang Li, Bing Qian, Changxing Ji, Huanran Liu,
and Jianxin Li; Chap. 4 by Jinlong Wu, Cuimei Ma, Lina Shi, Li Pan, Yifei Kang,
Dahai Meng, Xingyu Xue, Amir F.N. Abdul-Manan, Shaoliang Zhong, Yinghao Liu,
Jiaxiang Ren, Bo Wu, Jun Gu, Jin Zhu, Kefan Mo, Hui Guo, Ruoxin Wang, Jing Liu,
Xiaoling Zhang, Peng Han, Kun Chen, Xinzhu Zheng, Yue Ren, Yuping Zhang,
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Matthias Ballweg, Achim Teuber, Qiuping Li, Xi Liang, Muxin Liu, Changyou Xia,
Changsu Song, and Zhen Wang; Chap. 5 by Zhenlu Lei and Jianxin Li; Chap. 6 by
Linfeng Lu; and Chap. 7 by Tongzhu Zhang, Linfeng Lu, and Hongjie Zhang.
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