What does the nature of vehicle use mean?
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Vehicle nature is generally recorded on the vehicle's registration certificate and is categorized into "commercial" and "non-commercial." Below is a detailed introduction: 1. Family-use vehicles: Refers to passenger cars owned by families or individuals for non-commercial purposes. 2. Commercial passenger vehicles: Refers to passenger cars used for passenger transportation or leasing, directly or indirectly charging fares or rental fees. Commercial passenger vehicles are divided into: urban public transport buses, highway passenger buses, taxis, and rental buses. 3. Non-commercial trucks: Refers to trucks (including passenger-cargo dual-purpose vehicles) used by government agencies, enterprises, institutions, or social organizations for their own use or solely for personal and family life, without directly or indirectly charging freight or rental fees. 4. Commercial trucks: Refers to trucks (including passenger-cargo dual-purpose vehicles) used for cargo transportation or leasing, directly or indirectly charging freight or rental fees. 5. Non-commercial passenger vehicles: Refers to passenger cars used by government agencies, enterprises, institutions, social organizations, embassies, and consulates for official duties or in production and business activities without directly or indirectly charging fares or rental fees, including those used by government agencies, social organizations, embassies, and consulates.
When it comes to the nature of vehicle use, I also pondered about it when buying a car. Essentially, it refers to the category assigned during vehicle registration based on actual usage. For example, private cars for ordinary family use fall under non-operational, while taxis and ride-hailing vehicles are classified as operational. Different natures directly affect two things: annual inspections and insurance premiums. For non-operational family cars like mine, there’s now a 6-year exemption from inspection policy, and the insurance premium is much cheaper. But my neighbor Lao Wang’s operational ride-hailing vehicle has to undergo annual inspections every year, and the insurance premium is nearly half more expensive. Recently, a friend bought a car with the wrong nature in the second-hand market, thinking it was a non-operational family car, only to find out during transfer that it was an operational vehicle converted to non-operational. Not only does it have to follow operational standards for annual inspections, but it also depreciates when reselling. So, when buying a car, always check the nature of use on the vehicle license to avoid being tricked.
