Abstract: Global warming has been increasingly concerning, and international society has
been taking various measures to mitigate this issue. Since the electric vehicle has important
and generally beneficial impacts on environment protection, grid construction, and operation
economical efficiency improvement, many countries have stressed the status of electric
vehicle promotion in future planning. As China is the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitter,
the Chinese government has taken various acts to reduce emissions, of which promoting
electric vehicle is an effective one. This paper attempts to present a critical review of the
current EV situations including the market sales, charging infrastructure, battery
performances and policies in China. The survey of customer preferences and acceptance to
electric vehicle indicate that purchasing behaviors are affected by four factors: charge
inconvenience, short battery range, cost and psychological factors. According to the China’s
situation, recommendations including diversified energy supplement approaches,
time-of-use charging price mechanism, vehicle-to-grid technology and enlarge price subsidy
scope are proposed to accelerate the development of the electric vehicle industry