Abstract
China has already committed to peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 (referred to as the 30·60 Target), which has brought both daunting challenges and great opportunities to the automobile industry in China. However, there is still a lack of comprehensive and in-depth studies on the challenges, paths, and strategies for reducing carbon emissions to fulfill the 30·60 Target in automobile industries. Therefore, this paper proposes low-carbon development strategies for China’s automobile industry. This study’s method is to integrate the results from different literature to summarize the status, challenges, opportunities, and refine the coping strategies for carbon emission of the automobile industry. The results indicated that the paths for achieving the 30·60 Target include joint carbon emission reduction by upstream and downstream enterprises inside the industry. It also needs cross-industry and cross-sector coordinated decarbonization outside the industry. Meanwhile, the low-carbon policy and regulation system should be established to provide a direct driving force and fundamental guarantee for the low-carbon development of China’s automobile industry.
Highlights
To date, thousands of experts and scholars worldwide have proved that global warming is real with all kinds of scientific evidence [1]
A consensus has been reached that the surge in human-caused carbon emissions is the primary cause of global warming. e concept of carbon neutrality is designed to control global temperature rise [2]
China emitted about 10.2 billion tons of carbon in 2020. It accounts for about one-third of global carbon emissions, twice that of the United States and three times that of the European Union [4]
Summary
Thousands of experts and scholars worldwide have proved that global warming is real with all kinds of scientific evidence [1]. China emitted about 10.2 billion tons of carbon in 2020 It accounts for about one-third of global carbon emissions, twice that of the United States and three times that of the European Union [4]. E transport sector has contributed about 10% of China’s carbon emissions in recent years. E carbon emissions of the automobile industry accounted for about 97.8% of the road transport sector in 2020 [6]. A new round of scientific and technological revolution is driving the overall restructuring of the automobile industry, which is moving faster with the carbon neutrality goal [9]. E Society of Automobile Engineering of China (China-SAE) in the Energy-Saving and New Energy Vehicle Technology Roadmap 2.0 has planned the time point for the automotive industry to achieve its carbon reduction A new round of scientific and technological revolution is driving the overall restructuring of the automobile industry, which is moving faster with the carbon neutrality goal [9]. e Society of Automobile Engineering of China (China-SAE) in the Energy-Saving and New Energy Vehicle Technology Roadmap 2.0 has planned the time point for the automotive industry to achieve its carbon reduction
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