Han Ximin

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BESIDES subsidies from the government and the preferential policies for getting license plates, drivers with new-energy license plates may enjoy the right to use HOV lanes and bus lanes in the city.

At a ceremony for issuing the new plates for new-energy vehicles at Shenzhen Vehicle Registration and Administration Station in Xili, Nanshan District, a deputy chief of the commanding department of the traffic police bureau said that police are considering such incentives to encourage the use of new-energy vehicles.

Shenzhen is among the five cities in China to pilot new license plates for new-energy vehicles under a program by the Ministry of Public Security. It will be gradually promoted nationwide in the second half of 2017.

The new license plates have six numbers to cope with the growing demand for new-energy vehicles. Electric vehicles have a “D” on their license plates, while hybrid-electric vehicles and fuel-cell vehicles will be labeled with an “F.”

For registration of new-energy cars, owners can log onto the official website of Shenzhen’s traffic police, www.stc.gov.cn, to make a reservation at one of the eight vehicle registration offices in the city, where they can choose a plate number from 50 candidates, police said.

For those who want to register online, make a reservation on www.stc.gov.cn and click the box labeled, “Choose a plate number via the Internet (通过网络选号牌),” and then log onto the traffic police service platform of the Ministry of Public Security, www.122.gov.cnto, to register and follow the instructions to choose a plate number from 50 candidates.

Applicants need to go to a registration office in the city to pick up their license plates on the appointed date.

New-energy vehicle owners who want to apply for new plates to replace existing ones need to register at www.122.gov.cn, choose a plate number online and pick up the plates at a registration office.

Car owners who have gotten license plates can have the plates installed for free at 53 locations including police vehicle administration offices and car dealerships, according to police.

“Currently, there are 67,000 registered electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, and another 18,000 new-energy vehicles are going to be registered with the new plates,” said Luo Yun, section chief of the Vehicle Administration Department of Shenzhen Traffic Police Bureau, yesterday.

According to China’s new-energy vehicle development plan, the number of new-energy vehicles in China will reach 5 million by 2020.

(Editor Lily A)