China wants slimmer electric vehicles (EVs) after years of bigger batteries and rising demand for space and features helped make passenger cars significantly larger and heavier, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported on June 7.

A mandatory national standard that took effect on Jan 1 bars new EV models that fail to meet energy-consumption requirements from being produced, sold or registered, in a bid to curb the growing size and weight of electric cars.