Visited Hyundai Motor Company Namyang Technology Research Center…
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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun announced that it will establish a mandatory purchase target system for electric and hydrogen vehicles in the public sector starting this year. In addition, he met with Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Eui-sun Eui-sun and introduced the plan that the government will devote full support to leading the global eco-friendly car market.
Prime Minister Chung said at the 122nd National Issues Inspection and Coordination Meeting held at the Hyundai Motor Company Namyang Technology Research Center on the 18th, “This year is the first year of the era of popularization of eco-friendly cars, and our company has established itself as a First-Mover in the global market. “We want to accelerate our demand and supply-based innovation so that we can do it.” Prime Minister Chung said, “From this year on, we will further strengthen the role of the government’s pick-up by establishing a new mandatory purchase target system for electric cars and hydrogen cars in the public sector to create a fixed demand.” “At the same time, companies related to rental, logistics, and transportation “We will create large-scale demand in the private sector by promoting various support policies such as assigning subsidies first when purchasing.”
Prime Minister Jung continued, “We will expand the support necessary for R&D of dedicated platforms, localization of parts, and lease for batteries and fuel cells so that eco-friendly cars can be competitive in terms of performance and price.” “We will focus our capabilities on the stable transition to an eco-friendly vehicle industrial ecosystem, such as supporting the business reorganization of our primary and secondary suppliers.”
On this day, Prime Minister Chung also discussed the’Strategies to Foster Eco-Friendly Vehicles’ with entrepreneurs such as Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Eui-sun Eui-sun and Kim Jong-hyun, CEO of LG Energy Solutions. He said, “The world’s major countries are declaring carbon neutrality in order to protect the global environment and respond to climate change, and are implementing policies in the direction of strengthening environmental regulations,” he said. “Therefore, the existing automobile industry also has no emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants. It is rapidly being reorganized around eco-friendly vehicles such as hydrogen cars, etc.” “As a result of our agility in responding to these global trends, our country achieved remarkable achievements last year as the 4th in the world for electric vehicle exports and the 1st in the world for hydrogen car distribution,” he said. to be. After the recent establishment of the environment-conscious Biden administration, GM and Ford, the first and second largest automakers in the United States, announced large-scale investment plans for electric vehicle development, and advanced European countries such as Germany and France are also accelerating the development and distribution of electric vehicles. I introduced it.
/ Reporter Yoon Kyung-hwan [email protected]
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