Following the vehicle and vessel tax, the reform of equal rights for oil and electricity has made further progress at the policy level. The National Automotive Standardization Technical Committee recently issued an announcement to solicit public opinions on the No. 1 amendment to three recommended national standards for electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles.
According to the revised draft, the total reliability driving test mileage of pure electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles will be unified from the current standard to no less than 30,000 kilometers, which is the same as the standard for fuel vehicles.The deadline for feedback is August 12, 2026.
The three standards involved in this revision are GB/T 18388-2005 "Type Test Procedures for Electric Vehicles", GB/T 19750-2005 "Type Test Procedures for Hybrid Electric Vehicles" and GB/T 39132-2020 "Type Test Procedures for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles".
Previously, the test standard for pure electric vehicles was GB/T 18388-2005 "Electric Vehicle Finalization Test Procedures". This standard was formulated in 2005, and the formulation of the electric vehicle driving test is that "the total mileage of the reliability driving test is 50% of the total reliability driving mileage specified in the corresponding fuel vehicle type test regulations; if the total mileage is less than 5,000 km, it shall be based on 5,000 km."
According to this year’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Announcement No. 1, 2026, “Access Review Requirements for Road Motor Vehicle Manufacturers,” traditional vehicles should carry out reliability verification tests of no less than 30,000km. The total mileage of the electric vehicle's reliability driving test is 15,000km based on 50% of the above regulations.
After this modification, the test mileage requirements for pure electric vehicles will be doubled to the equivalent of 30,000km for fuel vehicles.
In addition to modifying the mileage, the modification form also mentions that "DC charging accounts for no less than 90% of the accumulated mileage, that is, 27,000 kilometers. For vehicles without DC charging, AC charging is used."
The revision of the three national standards also involves hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles.
Modifications to hybrid electric vehicles focus on increasing the reliability of pure electric vehicles. After the modification, the total test mileage of hybrid electric vehicles is also required to be no less than 30,000 kilometers, of which the pure electric reliability test mileage of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles must be completed separately and not less than 10,000 kilometers.
The safety standards for hybrid electric vehicles were revised to the mandatory national standard GB 18384 "Safety Requirements for Electric Vehicles" that came into effect on July 1 this year. This means that hybrid vehicles also need to meet advanced requirements such as physical "one-click power off", battery "no fire or explosion", and vehicle bottom protection.
also,Fuel cell electric vehicles must also complete the entire 30,000-kilometer test in hybrid drive mode.
The modification sheet for the three test regulations mentioned in the preparation instructions that pure electric vehicles (hybrid electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles) are an important part of the market, and their proportion is increasing year by year.Reliability requirements should be improved at the same time and should be consistent with the reliability requirements of traditional vehicles., Improving the reliability mileage of market access verification testing is conducive to the stable and healthy development of my country's new energy automobile industry.
Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association, told China Business News that this revision has unified the standards to 30,000 kilometers, which means that the industry has entered a mature stage and no longer relies on low-threshold support. The unified mileage can fully expose the long-term aging problems of the three electric vehicles and the chassis. The test rules and fault determination are completely consistent with those of fuel vehicles, taking into account fairness and exclusive risk management and control of new energy vehicles. It is also the unification of national standards and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's 2027 access mandatory requirements, standardizing the bottom line of vehicle launch verification.
He believes that this is a typical implementation measure for the equalization of oil and electricity in the verification process of new cars. He further explained that the halving of mileage in the early years was a rule difference caused by special support during the industrial cultivation period. Nowadays, the reliability test threshold, all-road condition assessment, and regulatory judgment standards for gasoline and electric vehicles are all equal, eliminating differentiated regulatory bonuses. This is the integration of basic durability standards, achieving the same authority for basic verification, increasing the special requirements for three electricity, and achieving fair rules for oil and electricity in the R&D access process.
In terms of industrial development, he believes that the revision of standards will increase the cost of R&D and testing, accelerate the clearance of low-end production capacity, and force batteries and chassis components to improve their durability. Car companies will abandon the rapid new model and shift to long-term forward development. At the same time, this will also screen out mid- and long-term faults in advance, alleviate anxiety about tram reliability, and improve expectations for value retention of second-hand cars. "The phased withdrawal of support policies and the integration of overseas standards for 30,000 kilometers will help reduce export compliance costs and promote high-quality and international development of the industry." Cui Dongshu said.