弃油转电，通用汽车拟在全美推行“零排放”汽车项目

美国汽车业巨头通用汽车认为，如果在全美推行一项税收抵免支持的新项目，到2030年，可能推动数百万辆电动汽车上路。

通用汽车很快会向美国政府展示一份计划，将在全国范围内推行零排放汽车（NZEV）项目。通用汽车预计，如果一切进展顺利，项目得到政府和汽车制造商的全力支持，到2030年电动汽车市场可能超过700万辆。这意味着，2021年到2030年将减少3.75亿吨二氧化碳排放。

“我们相信，通过政策手段能更好地推动美国的创新，而且就开发及配置电动汽车开展全国性的讨论，这种讨论非常有必要。”通用汽车公司执行副总裁、全球产品业务及旗下品牌凯迪拉克总裁马克·罗伊斯在声明中表示。

通用汽车是努力推行电动汽车的顶尖汽车制造商之一。该公司旗下已有全电动汽车雪佛兰伏特，还公开表示希望通过向电动汽车的转型减少碳排放，最终实现零排放。

不过，在推出电动汽车方面，通用汽车的一些竞争对手行动迟缓。通用汽车称，NZEV项目将推动业内企业团结起来实现转型。

按照通用汽车提出的框架，税收抵扣将可以帮助汽车制造商抵消生产电动汽车的成本，到2021年，汽车厂商出产电动汽车的7%可享受税收抵扣，此后每年比率提高两个百分点。到2030年，税收抵免率将达到25%。抵免将根据汽车情况及行驶里程等因素决定。通用汽车还提出，为了推动NZEV项目顺利实施，应成立零排放特别工作组。

到目前为止，NZEV还只是提案。在对美国国家公路交通安全管理局和环保局联合发布的“2021-2026车型年安全、实惠及燃料高利用率乘用车与轻型卡车规定”的草案评议中，通用汽车将正式提交NZEV。美国政府将决定最终是否实施。（财富中文网）

译者：Pessy

审校：夏林

General Motors believes millions of electric vehicles could hit the road by 2030 if a new credit-based program is instituted across the U.S.

The automaker will soon present a plan to the U.S. government that would establish a National Zero Emissions Vehicle (NZEV) program across the country. If all were to go well and the program is fully supported by the government and automakers, GM believes more than 7 million long-range electric vehicles could be on the road by 2030. That would mean eliminating 375 million tons of CO2 emissions between 2021 and 2030, according to the company.

“We believe in a policy approach that better promotes U.S. innovation and starts a much-needed national discussion on electric vehicle development and deployment in this country,” GM EVP and president of the Global Product Group and Cadillac Mark Reuss said in a statement.

GM is one of the leading automakers in pushing for electric vehicles. The company already sells an all-electric Chevrolet Volt and has said publicly that it wants to reduce and eventually eliminate carbon emissions from its vehicles by transitioning to electric.

Still, some of its competitors have been slow to adopt electric vehicles. And GM says this initiative would help everyone work together to make the shift.

Under its proposed framework, credits to automakers to help them defray the cost of building EVs would start at 7% of a company’s electric vehicle fleet in 2021 and increase by two percentage points each year thereafter. By 2030, tax credits would reach 25%. Credits would be determined based on the vehicle and its range, among other factors. GM also proposes established a Zero Emissions Task Force to bring the program to fruition.

For now, the NZEV is just a proposal that GM will submit in its comments to the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks. The U.S. government would ultimately determine whether it becomes official.