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The fast-growing light-duty plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market in China has important implications for both the global vehicle market and energy policies. From the perspective of demand pull-supply push, this study examines China's PEV market by reviewing sales, product performance, and government policies from the last decade; and by comparing it with the market in the United States, the study attempts to generate market dynamics insights to the Chinese PEV market. On the demand side, inexpensive, small-sized PEVs have contributed the most to the recent rapid increase in sales, but this trend is diminishing. The majority of Chinese PEV sales in recent years occurred in economically prosperous regions or cities that are able to supply lucrative monetary incentives and otherwise PEV purchasing and driving privileges to consumers. On the supply side, expansion of the PEV market, incentivized by …