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[세종=이데일리 김상윤 기자] The government plans to reduce automobile greenhouse gas emissions by 24% by 2030, and promotes the supply of 7.85 million eco-friendly cars. In the short to medium term, it will promote a hybrid vehicle supply policy and promote a’two-track strategy’ to increase the number of electric and hydrogen vehicles. A joint venture between the public and private sectors is underway to form a’battery rental alliance’ and to lower the price of electric vehicles to’half price’.
Hybrid fuel consumption increases by 10%
On the 18th, the government held the 122nd National Policy Review and Coordination Meeting at Hyundai-Kia Motors Namyang Research Center in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, presided over by Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, and discussed the ‘4th Basic Plan for Eco-friendly Vehicles’ containing these details. The government has pushed forward a policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing electric vehicles and hydrogen vehicles. Domestic eco-friendly cars increased from 240,000 units in 2016 to 820,000 units last year, and exports more than tripled from 78,000 units to 280,000 units. As of last year, the export of electric vehicles was the fourth in the world, and the supply of hydrogen vehicles was the first in the world. The number of electric vehicles supplied is the 8th in the world.
However, due to the late supply of charging stations, there are many difficulties in charging, and the spread is slow due to high vehicle prices. Accordingly, the government decided to prepare the 4th Basic Plan for Eco-Friendly Vehicles containing strategies for fostering eco-friendly vehicles for the next five years (2021-25). The government has decided to supply 2.83 million eco-friendly cars by 2025 and 7.85 million by 2030 with the aim of reducing automobile greenhouse gas emissions by 24% by 2030. Public institutions are obligated to purchase eco-friendly cars 100%, and private sectors such as rental cars and large companies will introduce eco-friendly car purchase target systems. It plans to increase subsidies and incentives for commercial vehicles such as taxis, buses, and trucks. Prime Minister Chung said, “We will create large-scale demand in the private sector as well, such as giving priority to subsidies when companies purchase eco-friendly vehicles such as rental and transportation.”
In particular, this new policy is to be actively used as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by raising the fuel efficiency of hybrid cars by 10%. Hybrid cars that use gasoline and batteries at the same time are cheaper than electric cars and hydrogen cars, and are contributing to a certain portion of greenhouse gas reduction. The government believes that carbon dioxide emissions from electric and hydrogen vehicles are not significantly different from that of hybrid vehicles if the entire vehicle cycle such as production, use and disposal is considered. An official from the Ministry of Industry said, “We determined that the role of hybrid vehicles is also necessary when considering greenhouse gas emissions,” and said, “We will use hybrid vehicles as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”
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◇ Eco-friendly vehicle price KRW 10 million by 2025↓… Battery lease
There is also a policy to lower the price of eco-friendly cars. The government plans to induce the price of vehicles to drop by more than 10 million won by 2025 by developing a platform for eco-friendly vehicles for flagship trucks and electric buses, and localizing parts. It is also considering extending eco-friendly vehicle tax benefits such as individual consumption tax, which expires at the end of this year.
In particular, it plans to cut the initial purchase price by half by introducing a battery lease (rental) business. After purchasing an electric vehicle, a taxi platform operator sells ownership of the battery to a leasing operator. Businesses are buying electric cars at a price excluding battery prices. Instead, the battery lease is paid on a monthly basis for the period of holding the electric vehicle. The project will be piloted for taxi and truck electric vehicles this year and expanded to hydrogen buses next year.
To increase the demand for electric vehicles, the Ministry of Industry decided to significantly increase the charging infrastructure. In 2025, it plans to increase the number of chargers to more than 500,000 units, which is more than 50% of the number of electric vehicles supplied. It is also planning to supply ultra-fast chargers that can travel 300km with a 20-minute charge.
It will build 450 charging stations by 2025 so that hydrogen car drivers can charge them anywhere in the country in 30 minutes. In particular, the plan is to be concentrated in Seoul and the metropolitan area, where charging stations are less than vehicles. The government also proposed a goal of making a leap forward as an eco-friendly car export powerhouse by significantly improving vehicle performance. It plans to increase the export of eco-friendly cars from 280,000 units last year to 830,000 units by 2025, and the proportion of exports from 14.6% to 34.6%.
Grant additional subsidies to low-temperature electric vehicles
We also prepared suitable sticks and carrots to increase the efficiency of electric and hydrogen vehicles. The Ministry of Environment also announced the ‘2021 Pollution-Free Vehicle Supply Innovation Plan’ and established a new pollution-free vehicle supply goal. This year, automakers such as Hyundai and Kia should distribute 10% of their sales to electric and hydrogen vehicles, that is, pollution-free vehicles. The target rate for next year’s supply will be raised to 12%.
However, considering that there is a difference in the manufacturing capability of pollution-free vehicles, it was decided to differentiate the distribution targets for each manufacturer. Hyundai and Kia Motors, which have annual sales of more than 100,000 units, set 10%, and Renault Samsung, Ssangyong Motors, and GM, which have more than 20,000 units, set a lower distribution target of 4%.
Considering the low efficiency of electric vehicles in winter, the company will strengthen subsidy support for high-performance vehicles by granting energy-efficient incentives (up to 500,000 won) to vehicles with excellent low-temperature mileage compared to room temperature. The ratio of’electricity costs’, which can measure the efficiency of electric vehicle batteries, to be considered when calculating subsidies is raised from 50% to 60%.