Share with friends and circles of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > on January 17, major logistics companies in Japan are trying to cut costs and make the most of the online shopping boom of local residents. Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers have also found business opportunities. Their light vans make the last mile distribution not only cheaper, but also cleaner < p > < / P > < p > SBS, a logistics enterprise listed in Tokyo, Japan, recently reached an agreement with folofly, a Japanese electric vehicle start-up, to purchase 2000 light electric vehicles within five years. Responsible for the production of these electric vehicles are Dongfeng Motor's subsidiaries and other Chinese automobile manufacturers. Meanwhile, Sagawa express will introduce 7200 electric vans produced by Guangxi automobile < p > SBS president Masahiko Kamada said: "the electric vehicles produced locally in Japan can not meet our requirements in terms of price. The Japanese carmaker said it is impossible to reduce the price, so we have to buy cheaper electric vehicles. We can't raise the price of customers just because the price of electric vehicles rises." < p > like most parts of the world, the e-commerce market in Japan has grown rapidly in the past two years. People order all kinds of goods from food, clothes to electronic products directly at home. These growing commodity sales are pushing up the carbon emissions of logistics companies, but Japan has promised to reduce its carbon emissions to nearly half of that in 2013 by 2030. McKinsey said that to achieve this goal, 90% of the cars in the Japanese market must be pure electric vehicles by 2030 < p > SBS plans to eventually build a transportation fleet including 10000 commercial electric vehicles, which is specially used for e-commerce distribution. This small truck can drive about 200 kilometers on a single charge and costs about 3.8 million yen (about 211000 yuan) < p > Gong Yuanming, manager of SBS sokuhai support, SBS's rapid distribution Department, said: "the mileage is not a big problem for the last mile of distribution." At present, electric vehicles made in China can guarantee the last mile delivery without any problem after charging for 12 hours at night < p > although Japan is not a huge electric vehicle market at present, and the penetration rate of electric vehicles in some cities is only 1%, Chinese automobile manufacturers smell business opportunities. BYD has occupied about 70% of Japan's pure electric bus market and plans to operate 400 electric buses in Japan by 2030 < p > cheaper in the Chinese market < / P > < p > a BYD spokesman said: "the Japanese auto market is famous for its quality, so it is an important step to enter the Japanese market." "BYD will continue to promote transportation electrification in Japan and accelerate the realization of carbon neutrality." < p > the representative of Dongfeng Motor did not comment on this matter. Guangxi Automobile said that the transaction would "accelerate the development of Japan's new energy logistics market" < p > although the price of electric vehicles in Europe and the United States is rising, the average price of electric vehicles in China is falling. JATO dynamics, a global automotive industry data provider headquartered in London, found that Chinese consumers can buy a new electric vehicle for only $4200, but the price of electric vehicles in the European market has risen to $17880, and American consumers need to spend $28170 to buy an electric vehicle < p > Masahiko Kamada of SBS said: "if Japanese carmakers do not take any action, Chinese carmakers will take over the entire electric vehicle industry." < p > it is not only Chinese companies that seize the Japanese electric vehicle market. Cenntro electric, an American commercial electric vehicle manufacturer, was approved to sell light electric trucks in Japan last November. This electric truck will be used by Amazon fleet, Amazon's local distribution partner, and Hana Cupid, Japan's largest flower gift Association. As the aging of Japanese society intensifies, Peter Wang, CEO of cenntro, sees the bright prospect of door-to-door delivery business in the Japanese market. He said that cenntro even plans to build an assembly plant in Fukushima to produce electric vehicles locally in Japan and export some electric vehicles to the Southeast Asian market < p > Toyota is exploring hydrogen fuel as a clean vehicle fuel in the future. But Peter Wang said that for light trucks, "electric power is still a cheaper choice than hydrogen fuel". "They are very convenient, easy to use, easy to repair and easy to charge. I have talked to many team managers in Japan and they can't find a suitable car to do this locally." < p > some observers worry that Japan's nascent electric vehicle industry may face a crisis similar to that of the household appliance industry. After Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba and sharp dominated the world market in the 1980s and 1990s, they finally lost to Chinese brands < p > folofly CEO Yukang KOMA said that China has been committed to building a complete infrastructure around the electric vehicle industry. For example, Ningde times is now the world's largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer < p > Gong Yaowu, an analyst at carnorama, a market research company, believes that if we can focus on the production of high-performance solid-state batteries, Toyota, the world's largest carmaker, can still turn the situation around. "At present, Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are in the leading position in terms of price, but you never know what will happen in three years," he said < p > Japanese truck manufacturers also began to fight back. Isuzu will start mass production of electric trucks in 2022, while Toyota subsidiary Hino plans to sell the micro electric vehicle dutro Z early this summer < p > however, Yukon KOMA said that since the price of electric trucks in Japan is expected to be about three times that of diesel trucks, logistics companies may not buy such electric trucks. (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >