Ministry of Industry announces improvement plan of core regulations to accelerate the spread of eco-friendly vehicles
Expansion of mandatory installation of electric vehicle chargers and rationalization of parking area control
“Eco-friendly car booming, user convenience must be improved”
[에너지신문] In the future, the government will expand electric vehicle chargers to living bases such as residences and workplaces, and expand parking areas for eco-friendly vehicles. In addition, it will speed up the improvement of the convenience of using eco-friendly vehicles by improving the installation location of hydrogen charging stations such as urban parks or truck garages in green belts.
On the 25th, at the 5th BIG3 Promotion Meeting for Innovative Growth, the government announced a plan to improve core regulations for accelerating the spread of eco-friendly vehicles.
The features of this improvement plan focused on greatly improving user convenience by improving the areas closely related to daily life such as charging and parking of eco-friendly vehicles.
First of all, EV chargers were expanded to focus on living bases such as residences and workplaces so that anyone could easily use them.
In accordance with the Eco-Friendly Vehicle Act and Enforcement Decree, the government has increased the mandatory installation ratio for new buildings from 0.5% to 5% in 2022, and for existing buildings to be installed in public buildings in 2022 and in private buildings from 2023 (2 %).
For mandatory installation, priority was given to areas with large population movements, such as large marts, department stores, buildings owned by large corporations, and apartments (over 100 households).
Buildings that are not obligated to install coalitions and houses, etc., are obligated to open public charging facilities established and operated by the state, local governments, and public institutions for the convenience of charging residents, and disclose information such as location and opening hours.
Electric vehicle charging facilities installed as ancillary facilities, such as off-street parking, have decided to abolish the area ceiling, which is required to be installed within 20% of the total facility area in accordance with the enforcement regulations of the Parking Lot Act.
Parking areas for eco-friendly vehicles will also be expanded. Public buildings such as the government and local governments must install 5% or more of the total number of parking spaces as “environmentally friendly car parking zones” from 2022, and all off-street parking lots are required to install eco-friendly parking zones for more than 5% of the total number of parking spaces. .
In addition, crackdown on prohibition of parking and obstruction of charging in electric vehicle exclusive areas will be strengthened. In the case of metropolitan local governments, which have been the subject of crackdown on charging and parking areas exclusively for electric vehicles, the effectiveness of crackdown has been significantly low due to the lack of personnel dedicated to crackdown. For this reason, the government has secured the effectiveness of the crackdown by changing the crackdown subject to a basic municipality.
Recharging facilities that can be regulated when parking a vehicle other than electric vehicles are also expanded from mandatory installed chargers to all common chargers. In particular, in the case of slow charging facilities, parking is allowed for a maximum of 12 hours after charging starts, and the policy is to solve the inconvenience caused by long-term occupancy.
In the case of hydrogen vehicles, the location conditions have been greatly improved to revitalize the construction of charging stations. The government allowed hydrogen charging stations to be occupied in urban parks and installed in taxis and truck garages within the green belt in accordance with the enforcement ordinances such as the Urban Park Act.
Considering the fact that it cannot be built beyond the limit of building-to-land ratio (building area/land area) to add hydrogen charging stations to existing LPG and CNG charging stations, it was decided to review partial easing of the calculation of the building area, as in the case of easing charging facilities in apartments in accordance with the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act. did.
In addition, the facility standards have been relaxed so that electric vehicle maintenance centers can be recognized even if they do not have the equipment necessary for maintenance of the internal combustion engine, and drivers of hydrogen vehicles are excluded from safety training, and the convenience of driving hydrogen vehicles has been improved.
Park Jae-young, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Manufacturing Industry Policy Officer emphasized, “In order to spread the eco-friendly car boom in 2021, it is essential to improve the user convenience of eco-friendly cars tailored to people’s life and driving patterns.” ‧We expect that parking facilities will be greatly expanded.”
He added, “To this end, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and related ministries will actively respond so that the proposed revised eco-vehicle law can be passed by the National Assembly within this year, and we will prepare for the implementation of subordinate laws such as the Enforcement Decree without delay.”
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