‘Hyundai EV Station Gangdong’, an electric vehicle charging station installed in Gil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul. Hyundai Motor Company
When building a new apartment from next year, it is mandatory to install electric vehicle chargers at least 5% of the total number of parking spaces. From 2023, it is mandatory to install electric vehicle chargers at least 2% of the number of parking spaces in existing apartments.
On the 25th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced the’Key Regulatory Improvement Measures for Accelerating the Supply of Eco-friendly Vehicles’ at the 5th Innovation Growth BIG3 Promotion Meeting held by the Export-Import Bank of Korea.
The Ministry of Industry decided to gradually increase the mandatory installation ratio in order to expand the electric vehicle charging infrastructure for living bases such as residences and workplaces. The mandatory installation targets for chargers are large marts, department stores, buildings owned by large corporations, and apartments with more than 100 households.
In the case of new buildings, the mandatory installation ratio will be increased from 0.5% at present to 5% from next year. For example, in a parking lot with a total of 1,000 vehicles, 5 electric vehicle chargers have been required so far, but 50 units should be provided from next year.
Existing buildings are expected to impose a ‘2% installation obligation’ on private buildings from 2023 starting with public buildings next year. In addition, public charging facilities held by the state, local governments, and public institutions will be opened for the convenience of residents of coalitions or general houses that are not subject to mandatory installation.
Parking areas for eco-friendly vehicles will also be expanded. It is obligatory to install at least 5% of the total number of parking spaces in public buildings such as the state and local governments as eco-friendly car parking areas starting next year. All outdoor parking lots must have an eco-friendly parking lot for at least 5% of the total number of parking spaces.
Reinforce the prohibition of parking and enforcement of charging obstruction in electric vehicle exclusive areas. First of all, the subject of crackdown on charging and parking areas exclusively for electric vehicles will be lowered from metropolitan local governments to basic municipalities. The purpose of this is to improve the effectiveness of the crackdown by supplementing the lack of personnel in charge of crackdowns (5 in the case of Seoul City) of the metropolitan local government.
The subject of crackdown will also be expanded from compulsory installed chargers to all common chargers. As a result, parking enforcement is possible even in apartments with 500 or less households. For slow charging facilities, parking is only allowed for up to 12 hours after charging starts, which will relieve the inconvenience of car owners caused by long occupancy.
The hydrogen car decided to speed up the construction of a hydrogen charging station by improving its location. It will allow hydrogen charging stations to be occupied in urban parks and installed in taxis and truck garages within the green belt, and plan to consider ways to ease the calculation of the building area under the Building Act when building complex hydrogen charging stations on the site of charging stations such as existing LPG.
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