More families drive NEVs for Chinese New Year reunions

BEIJING — More and more Chinese motorists are choosing to drive home for Spring Festival family reunions using new energy vehicles, aided by better charging and insurance services, according to experts.

Hua Lei, an official with the Ministry of Transport, said that NEVs are joining the Spring Festival travel rush, or chunyun, the world's largest annual human migration.

Noting that NEVs accounted for 15.9 percent of road trips during the National Day holiday in October last year, experts expected the proportion to rise further during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which officially kicked off on Jan 14.