Electric bicycle size "blue card" "green card" foolishly confused? understand everything

Since March, Nanning traffic police have continued to carry out road transport production safety accident prevention and rectification actions, and seized various traffic violations including overloaded trucks and distracted driving of electric bicycles. During the rectification, a small number of electric bicycle riders were issued tickets for driving "electric motorcycles", and even their motor vehicle driver's licenses were revoked.

Some citizens are wondering why the colors and font sizes of our common electric bicycle license plates are different? What is the difference in management for vehicles with different license plates? A few days ago, the reporter interviewed the relevant person in charge of the Nanning traffic police department to tell you about the different models corresponding to the small blue plate, small green plate, big blue plate and big green plate.

small blue card

On May 15, 2018, the newly revised " Electric Bicycle Safety Technical Specifications " mandatory national standard (GB 17761-2018) was approved for release and officially implemented on April 15, 2019.

"Electric Bicycle Safety Technical Specifications" mandatory national standard (GB 17761-2018) replaces "Electric Bicycle General Technical Conditions" (GB17761-1999), for the convenience of distinction, the former is usually called the new national standard, and the latter is called the old national standard. The new national standard of

stipulates that the maximum speed of electric bicycles is not more than 25km per hour, the weight of the whole vehicle is not more than 55kg, the battery voltage is not more than 48V, the rated power of motor is not more than 400W, and must have pedal riding function.

The small blue card is an electric bicycle that complies with the new national standard "Technical Specifications for Safety of Electric Bicycles" (GB 17761-2018). Fonts should be smaller.

At present, the electric bicycles in Nanning that meet the new national standard are all registered with the small blue brand

On April 15, 2019, the new national standard was officially implemented. Bicycle number plate. It can be said that the small blue brand electric bicycle is currently the most "justifiable" electric bicycle driving in the urban area of ​​Nanning, and the electric bicycles that meet the new national standard are registered with the small blue brand.

The first small blue electric bicycle number plate issued by Nanning City (source: Nanning traffic police)

small green plate

small green plate is the old official number plate, which conforms to the old national standard and is registered in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. bike. The small green card has a white frame with white characters on a green background, and the word "Nanning" is in white font.

The small green card (left) and the big green card (right) on the streets of Nanning

In order to facilitate management, Nanning City will purchase before April 14, 2019 (inclusive) in line with the old national standard and included in the "Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Electric Bicycle Registration For electric bicycles listed in the “Registration Catalogue”, if the application for registration is submitted before June 14, 2019 (inclusive), the old-style electric bicycle license plate will be issued in accordance with the “Regulations on the Registration of Electric Bicycles and Motorized Wheelchairs in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region”. From June 15, 2019, Nanning City will no longer issue small green cards.

Nanning City, according to the "Nanning Electric Bicycle Management Regulations", implements license plate validity period management for small green electric bicycles.

is valid for 10 years, calculated from the date of vehicle registration. After the validity period of the vehicle number plate of the small green plate expires, it does not mean that it cannot be used absolutely. The "Regulations" stipulates that the Municipal People's Government shall decide whether to continue or not according to the city's public transportation development, urban roads and other conditions.

The picture shows two electric bicycle license plates with the same number. The left is a temporary license plate (big green plate), and the right is an old-style official license plate (small green plate). The electric motorcycle hangs a yellow plate, and the electric moped hangs a blue number plate with the size of "Gui A", that is, a big blue plate. In fact, from the appearance point of view, electric mopeds are not much different from ordinary electric bicycles, but the technical parameters and body weight of the vehicle have exceeded the scope of electric bicycles. The definition of moped is 20km <> 40kg. It belongs to the motor vehicle category of motorcycles and is managed as a motor vehicle. It cannot be confused with the electric bicycle of the small blue brand.

According to the "Notice on Strengthening Urban Road Traffic Management in Nanning City" that came into force on May 1, 2019, after March 31, 2019Registered electric motorcycles and electric mopeds (except special motorcycles used for emergency rescue, public services and law enforcement in this city) are prohibited from passing on roads within the city's ring road.

To put it simply, the current management of electric bicycles exceeding the standard in Nanning City is managed with reference to light electric motorcycles. Mopeds cannot drive within the fast ring. Drivers must hold a license. D, E, and F licenses are acceptable. Without a driver’s license, they are driving without a license and will be fined 300 yuan. Drivers with a C1 license will be punished according to the type of vehicle they are allowed to drive. , 12 points will be deducted, and the C1 license will be revoked. If there is no helmet, no driver's license, etc., it will be punished together.

data map of electric motorcycles with big blue plates

big green plates

big green plates are temporary number plates, which neither meet the new or old national standards nor are electric bicycles in the registration catalog of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which can be regarded as Nanning City The first generation of electric bicycle registration plate.

From August 15, 2013, electric bicycles in Nanning officially began to register and register. The number plate registered at that time was the big green plate. The appearance of the big green card is larger than that of the small green card, with a white frame on a green background, and the word "Nanning" is in red font.

Nanning City implements a transitional period of management for the big green card, and it will not be allowed to drive on the road three years after the implementation of the "Nanning Electric Bicycle Management Regulations" (that is, August 31, 2023).

In addition, the "Nanning Electric Bicycle Management Regulations" stipulates that driving and riding electric bicycles that do not meet the national mandatory standards (that is, electric bicycles with big green cards and small green cards) must wear safety helmets, otherwise they will be fined 20 yuan. Fines; driving electric bicycles that meet the national mandatory standards (that is, electric bicycles with a small blue plate), and advocating the wearing of safety helmets.

From left to right, there are small green cards, small blue cards, and big green cards

Source: Nanning Evening News