Road to 'green' cars bumpy, but innovation is key

Against the backdrop of the June 26-28 Summer Davos 2016 in Tianjin, China's evolving electric car segment shows it is determined to overcome challenges like poor infrastructure

For the past two years, Liu Yang, 30, a Beijing resident, has been driving an electric car. But, this year, she decided to buy a gasoline-powered sedan. Why? Simply because charging stations for electric cars are hard to find in and around the national capital.

"It is a nightmare to drive electric cars in big cities like Beijing, especially when you don't have charging facilities in your neighborhood," she said, adding there is always a long queue at the nearest charging station.