People’s Daily Online, Beijing, June 30 (Reporter Qiao Xuefeng) Recently, eleven departments including the Ministry of Transport and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the “Implementation Plan for Promoting the Large-Scale Application of New Energy Heavy Trucks” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”), aiming to unblock bottlenecks in infrastructure, scenarios, technology, and supervision through a full-chain top-level design, marking that new energy heavy trucks have officially exited closed pilot scenarios and entered the fast track of full-scenario large-scale development.
A relevant official from the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport stated that promoting the large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks has multiple strategic significances for steadily advancing the “dual carbon” goals, accelerating the green transformation of transportation, and helping to reduce logistics costs and increase efficiency.
Transportation is a key area of carbon emissions. By the end of 2025, the number of heavy trucks nationwide is approximately 8.6 million. Exhaust emissions are one of the main sources of mobile source pollution and a core sector for energy conservation and carbon reduction in the industry.
A relevant official from the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport stated that promoting new energy heavy trucks can effectively increase the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption in the transportation sector, providing strong support for the timely realization of the “dual carbon” strategic goals. “The large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks will drive the intelligent, green, and integrated development of the transportation industry, laying a solid foundation for building a modern comprehensive transportation system.”
It is understood that the “Plan” sets clear and actionable quantitative indicators, defining a timetable and roadmap for industry development. The “Plan” proposes that by 2030, the penetration rate of new energy heavy trucks will reach 40%, with the number of vehicles exceeding 1.6 million, accounting for about 20% of the total; the electrification rate of fixed-route short-haul transportation in areas such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Fenwei Plain will exceed 80%; combined with the expressway network, charging and swapping facilities for electric heavy trucks will be built, creating zero-carbon road transport corridors, supporting and guiding the construction of about 3,000 heavy truck charging and swapping stations, and guiding the scientific layout of hydrogen refueling stations and green fuel refueling stations in key scenarios; the proportion of freight volume carried by new energy heavy trucks on expressways will reach 18%; an infrastructure, technical equipment, supporting services, standards, and policy guarantee system adapted to the large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks will be established, forming a promotion mechanism with multi-departmental coordination and multi-entity linkage.
A relevant official from the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport stated that focusing on the realization of the goals, the “Plan” deploys 17 key tasks in four major areas to comprehensively address the pain points of industrial development.
To address issues such as the large gap in charging infrastructure on national and provincial highways and insufficient supply of high-power charging, efforts will be made from multiple dimensions including network layout, zero-carbon corridors, service area配套设施, dual-network integration, and safety management. Relying on the main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, charging and swapping facilities will be deployed on busy freight routes and in core urban agglomerations; zero-carbon transport corridors will be built around the “5 radial, 4 longitudinal, and 5 horizontal” expressway network, simultaneously promoting infrastructure renovation and the construction of charging and swapping facilities; newly built expressway service areas will be equipped with heavy truck charging and swapping facilities simultaneously, while existing service areas will accelerate renovation and expansion; the deep integration of the charging and swapping network with the distribution grid will be promoted, supporting the local consumption of new energy along the road.
Adhering to the parallel approach of “short-distance deep cultivation + trunk route expansion”: the application scale in medium and short-distance scenarios such as ports, mining areas, and urban construction logistics will be continuously expanded, consolidating mature business models; focusing on bulk freight routes such as “Xinjiang coal transported outwards” and “northern grain transported southwards”, large logistics enterprises and trunk fleet operators will be guided to take the lead in deploying new energy heavy trucks, creating cross-regional zero-carbon transport routes. At the same time, supporting consumption policies will be implemented to encourage the construction of a “vehicle-cargo-charging” industrial ecosystem.
Precise policies will be implemented to address shortcomings in market supervision, after-sales maintenance, and insurance guarantees. Market order will be regulated through cross-departmental data sharing, a full life-cycle safety monitoring platform will be established, and the management and control of vehicles and power batteries will be strengthened; the supply channels for parts will be unblocked, maintenance technology authorization will be opened, and the after-sales maintenance network will be densified; innovative vehicle insurance products and rate mechanisms will be introduced, claims services will be optimized, and a full-chain insurance guarantee system will be built.
In addition, relying on national science and technology projects to tackle core technologies, the deep integration of new energy heavy trucks with autonomous driving and digital communication technologies will be promoted, creating a “vehicle-cargo-road-energy-cloud” integrated innovation ecosystem; simultaneously, standards for charging and swapping facility construction, operation services, and safety testing will be formulated and revised, unifying interfaces and communication protocols to achieve compatibility and interoperability across the entire industrial chain.
To ensure the implementation of the policies, the “Plan” provides synergistic support from three dimensions: land use, funding, and pilot projects: simplifying the land approval process for charging and swapping stations, introducing electricity price incentives to support grid expansion; coordinating special bonds and industrial support funds to leverage social capital such as green credit; laying out special pilot projects for large-scale application, creating benchmark projects in mining areas and energy corridors, and promoting the transformation of the entire industry by leveraging demonstration points.
Industry experts stated that with the gradual implementation of zero-carbon transport corridors and charging and swapping station networks, new energy heavy trucks will achieve full-scenario coverage from short-distance haulage to cross-provincial bulk freight, driving the coordinated upgrading of industries such as automobile manufacturing, energy storage and power, and digital logistics, injecting lasting green momentum into the realization of the “dual carbon” goals and the construction of a strong transportation country.
