Development of Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles in China

CC Chan, Ph.D

Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
Fellow, IEEE
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
President, World Electric Vehicle Association
President, Electric Vehicles Association Asia Pacific
Honorary Professor, University of Hong Kong
Honorary Director, Int'l Research Center for Electric Vehicles
Tel: (852) 9106-7863; (852) 2818-7298
Email: ccchan@eee.hku.hk

Abstract

China has ranked number two in global vehicle production and sales. It is predicted that China will become number one in vehicle production in 2012 and number one in sale by 2015. In this connection, China is facing big challenges in road transportation energy and environment protection. Therefore there is no alternative but China must develop high efficiency new energy vehicles including electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. This presentation will address the state of the art, technical road map and commercial road map of the development of electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles in China, as well as the challenge and opportunity.

Bio: Prof. C C Chan holds BSc, MSc, PhD, Honorary DSc , Honorary DTech degrees in electrical engineering. He has had over 10 years industrial experience and over 35 years academic experience. He is currently the Honorary Professor and the former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is the Founding President of the International Academy for Advanced Study, China. He has served as Visiting Professor of a number of well-known universities around the world, including MIT, University of California Berkeley, Tsinghua University, etc. He is Co-founder of the World Electric Vehicle Association, the President of the Electric Vehicles Association of Asia Pacific, and Past President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He also serves as Senior Consultant to governments and industries worldwide. Prof. Chan is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Ukraine Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. He is also a Fellow of IEEE, IEE and HKIE. He received the IEE International Lecture Medal in 2000 and delivered lectures on electric vehicles worldwide. He was selected as one of Asia’s Best Technology Pioneers by Asiaweek in 2001, named as “Father of Asian Electric Vehicles” by Magazine Global View, named as “Pitamaha (Grandfather) of Electric Vehicle Technology” by the Principal Scientific Advisor of the Government of India.