Other alternative fuels mandate

There is no mandate to use other alternative fuels in China. Methanol blends are promoted, but there is no mandate from the government to blend methanol. The same is true for other types of fuels, including natural gas (liquefied and compressed) and electric vehicles. Refer to news dated March 26, 2020 for an update on the status of low-methanol blends in China.

However, the Chinese government has been at the forefront of driving the shift toward “new energy vehicles” (NEVs). The NEVs are defined as battery electric vehicles (BEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FEV). In coal-rich areas, the local governments proposed to include methanol vehicles in the NEVs category. However, there is no further update on this propos