Landfills become vast graveyards of vehicles Chinese government deem too toxic to be on the roads
The affluent society has seen a fourfold increase in income over the past 15 years and there is currently one car for every two people in the city, with a lack of high-quality fuels causing dense smog.
Buildings at Lujiazui are shrouded in smog in Shanghai, China
Buildings at Lujiazui are shrouded in smog in Shanghai, China. Heavy smog in the city has been responsible for disrupting traffic, worsening air pollution and forcing the closure of schools
A thermal power plant discharging fumes into the air in Changchun
China has cleaned up its air before but experts say that if it wants to avoid this kind of smog, it must overhaul an economy fueled by heavily polluting coal and car use.
Damaged cars, motor cycles and electric bicycles are seen stacked at a scrapyard in Hangzhou in China.
Landfills over-run with abandoned high-emission non-regulation buses, cars and trucks, Hangzhou city registered 239 days of smog pollution in 2013.
China Graveyard Cars, Bikes, Buses, Trucks Scrapped To Cut Emissions
A woman and her son wearing masks walk along a road as heavy smog engulfs the city in Changchun. Schools and an airport have closed in the past due to heavy smog.
Covered up, a man and his child wear masks as they visit The Bund in Shanghai, with thick smog behind
Man and child wear masks as they visit The Bund in Shanghai
A shocking photo from 2014 shows an LED screen shows the rising sun on the Tiananmen Square which is shrouded with heavy smog in Beijing
In an effort to reduce the dangerous air pollution, the mayor recently announced the introduction of 2,500 green public transport vehicles. However, a recent video reveals what Chinese carmakers might have allegedly done to qualify for government incentives, raise capital and climb the sales charts, at the expense of creating ineffective waste of production optics for profit.
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Drone footage showcases enormous fields filled with thousands of abandoned Chinese electric cars, such as EVs appear to be the Geely Kandi K10 EV, Neta V and BYD e3 models. These cars are seen parked in one of the districts of Hangzhou, the capital of the Zhejiang Province in eastern China.