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Rigorous emissions standards tend to promote higher technology and more expensive vehicles.
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In its five-year plan for the automotive industry the Chinese government has laid out an ambitious program of industry consolidation in order to produce cars that will be competitive in international markets and will not depend on joint venture partners for key technologies. The plan sets clear targets for emissions control, safety, and fuel efficiency.
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The future structure of the Chinese automotive industry will likely include a combination of the following forms: venture 1. stand-alone indigenous OEMs 2.
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The second form Chinese enterprises, each in a single joint venture would have the benefit of allowing a close working relationship to develop between the joint venture partners. Such a relationship could lead to the transfer of knowledge and the building of a technical capability in the Chinese partner.
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fund to support research on fuel cells and other technologies. Although the fuel cell offers the potential advantage of no emissions, the technology is in the early stages of development.
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The Chinese automotive industry also should strengthen its efforts to develop improved diesel and spark ignition technology in cooperation with its joint venture partners. Researchers shouldfocus on, among other things, advanced gasoline and diesel engine technologies, an ultra-low-emission gasoline engine system, diesel particulatefilters, de-NOx catalysts, selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
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Serious research in this area will allow the Chinese automotive industry to stay abreast of worldwide developments and perhaps develop new energy sources.
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To relieve congestion and limit pollution, some cities have adopted additional local restrictions on the use of two-wheeled motor vehicles and trucks, in some cases banning them altogether at some parts of the day. A wider concern for the efficiency of the economy will likely engage the central government in these issues.
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should occur, even with the current emissions standards (European Emission Standard II, or Euro II, by 2004) and with the 10 percent improvement in vehicle fuel economy specified in the five-year plan, emissions of all pollutants will increase.
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Governments use a variety of fiscal instruments, in addition to command and control regulation, to influence the choice of vehicle attributes such as low emissions and good fuel economy: · Vehicle taxes have been used to achieve various objectives, ranging from promoting one technology over another (e.g., diesel versus gasoline cars) , to encouraging consumers to select cleaner over dirtier vehicles and more efficient over less efficient vehicles.
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government announced its intention to cancel the program and replace it with one directed at fuel cells and hydrogen fuel. For the Chinese government, its focus on achieving automotive technological improvements may become irrelevant unless high-quality fuel is available on a national scale.
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An appropriate mix of performance standards and incentives may enable China to advance from some of the dated technology in use today to the global state of the art in time to mitigate these problems. Furthermore, the Chinese government and the Chinese automotive industry should develop and implement a process that will regularly assess, nationwide, the appropriate levels of vehicle performance standards, fuel standards, vehicle fuel economy standards, and infrastructure.
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