Patience, wisdom can drive e-cars forward

The pace of growth of new energy vehicles in China last year was beyond market expectations with production and sales reaching 794,000 and 777,000 units, up 53.8 and 53.3 percent year-on-year. With 449,000 units sold, electric cars contributed to 80.7 percent of the total sales of new energy vehicles, an increase of 81 percent year-on-year. And the number of new energy vehicles has crossed 1.8 million, accounting for more than half of the 3.4 million such vehicles in the world.

China's e-car industry has made remarkable achievements in the last decade after a number of laws and regulations were implemented in 2007.

However, there also have been disputes, with the most controversial being on whether e-cars are more environmentally friendly than gas-powered vehicles.