The government says, “Hybrid and eco-friendly cars are not excluded”
Input: 2021.03.05 13:03
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The government announced that it was not so on the report of the Korean economy on the 4th that the government plans to exclude hybrids from eco-friendly cars from 2023, and tax support for hybrid cars may disappear in the future.
The government said that the ‘4th Eco-friendly Vehicle Basic Plan’ deliberated and confirmed at the Prime Minister’s meeting on the 23rd of last month includes hybrid support plans from a mid- to long-term perspective, such as the direction of securing hybrid technology competitiveness and reviewing extension of eco-friendly vehicle tax benefits. Accordingly, it was made clear that it plans to focus on fostering hybrids as a realistic alternative to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The government emphasized that hybrids have less GHG emissions than electric vehicles from a full-cycle point of view from battery production to driving. Announced that they plan to support them.
Regarding the claim that the government will exclude hybrids from the scope of eco-friendly vehicles, the government decided to use electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, and hybrids (including plug-ins) as eco-friendly vehicles in accordance with Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of Development and Distribution of Environmentally Friendly Vehicles, a subsidiary under the Ministry of Industry. It has been defined, and the government has argued that it has not discussed the exclusion of hybrids from the range of eco-friendly vehicles.
In addition, it was clarified that the change in the standard for the low-emission vehicle supply target system has not been confirmed within the government, and even if the range of low-emission vehicles is changed due to the revision of the Air Environment Conservation Act, the range of eco-friendly vehicles will not be changed.
In the future, the government added that it is planning to continue to secure hybrid technological competitiveness such as fuel economy improvement in accordance with the ‘4th Basic Plan for Eco-Friendly Vehicles’, and actively review whether to extend hybrid tax benefits such as opening tax, acquisition tax, and urban railway bonds.