New electric car plate applicants¹ in Beijing will have to wait for at least 4 years to get a license², according to a new memo³ released by Beijing's Transport Commission.

 

北京交通部一份新备忘录显示，北京新能源汽车车牌的申请者需要等待至少4年才能得到一块车牌。

 

As of April 8, 2018, there are 230,000 valid⁴ applications for electric cars. All 60,000 license plate quotas⁵ for this year, including those for private and government cars, have been allocated⁶ since February.

 

Nearly 2.7 million applicants are currently in the pool for the petrol car plate lottery⁷. The odds⁸ of winning a license plate are 1963:1. 

 

Beijing introduced the car plate lottery in 2011 in an attempt limit the number of vehicles on the road. To reduce air pollution, electric car licenses⁹ are currently awarded through queuing. However, they are now becoming difficult to obtain amid the rapid rise in the popularity of electric vehicles.

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