# China license plate: New energy small

> The China new energy small license plate: format L999999, for example 京A·D88562, 2016 to today, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [China license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china) (22 registration series).

![China license plate, New energy small (2016 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-nev-small-2016/china-license-plate-new-energy-small.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L999999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2016 → today |
| Class | electric |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Colours | background #A9D8A0; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `cn-nev-small-2016` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/nev-small-2016) |

Announced for five pilot cities in 2016 and nationwide within two years: six characters instead of five, a white-to-green gradient ground, and a small mark shaped like a plug and the letter E at once where the dot would otherwise sit.

Six serial positions instead of five, on graded green — and one letter with meaning: D is 纯电动, battery electric; F is 非纯电动, everything else that plugs in or runs on fuel cells. Where in the six positions that letter sits, no public document actually says.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `D` | 纯电动 | battery electric |
| `F` | 非纯电动 | non-pure-electric — plug-in hybrid, fuel cell and the rest |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20161122160811/http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2254098/n4904352/c5550094/content.html)
- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20181024152732/http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2253534/n2253535/n2253537/c5757013/content.html)
- [hbba.sacinfo.org.cn](https://hbba.sacinfo.org.cn/stdDetail/328b77ee80fdee1dee33d20e83d01d2ad128f380aa93c7dbe5c58c67d9d2075e)

## About this plate

The small new-energy vehicle plate, the graded-green plate. FOUR THINGS ARE SOURCED VERBATIM and they are the four that matter: the serial went from five positions to SIX; the small-vehicle ground is 渐变绿 (graded green) while the large-vehicle ground is 黄绿双拼 (a yellow-green split); the letter D means 纯电动 (battery electric) and F means 非纯电动 (plug-in hybrid, fuel cell and the rest); and the plate carries a dedicated identifier mark. THE POSITION OF THAT LETTER IS NOT SOURCED.

## Other electric plates here

- [New energy large](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/nev-large-2016) (2016 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-nev-small-2016.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/china?series=cn-nev-small-2016
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/cn` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "cn-nev-small-2016"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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