The rise in the price of Petroleum and gasoline has focused attention on vehicles that do not use those fuels. On the one hand, there are those that use vehicular natural gas (NGV) and on the other, those that opt for electricity.
About the first, until July, in the Peruvian market, more than 324,000 cars using CNG were registered.
As for electric vehicles, their sales, although advancing, are still very weak. The manager of Economic Studies and Statistics of the Automotive Association of Peru (AAP), Alberto Morisaki, explained that around 2,500 of these vehicles will be placed this year, up from 1,455 in 2021. However, they are mostly conventional hybrids. , that is to say that they also use fuel.
Despite this increase in commercialization, the country is in the bottom when compared to other economies in the region.
“The penetration of electric vehicles is 1% in Peru, but in Colombia it is 11%, in Ecuador and Mexico 5% and in Brazil 3%,” he told this newspaper.
The AAP representative explained that currently the price of this means of transport is 30% above a conventional one, but that this could be reversed with market growth.
“Prices have fallen and will continue to fall, but incentives are needed from the State, not permanent, but temporary,” he said.
However, he indicated that articulated measures are required between the different state institutions, and not that each one go their own way.
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“A national electromobility plan is important where all the public and private actors involved participate,” he added and indicated that among the proposals that should be put forward is the reduction of the IGV, the vehicle heritage tax, tariffs, among others.
For his part, Johnny Guerrero, electric mobility specialist at ABB in Peru, explained that there are around 70 public places where someone can charge their vehicle, although there are few that provide fast charging.
He explained that you can save with electric cars. “If I fill up the tank in my car, I can spend S/250 today, but a full charge could cost between S/30 and S/50. There is a saving of up to five times”, he added.
PROJECTS
The Ministry of Energy and Mines recently announced that it is evaluating initiatives to promote the entry of electric vehicles in the country.
Meanwhile, there are at least five bills in Congress that seek to expand this market and promote its use.
DATA
-In California (USA) it has been established that internal combustion engine cars cannot be sold after 2035. Only electric ones will work.
-The same year, a similar rule would also apply in countries of the European Union.
-The mayor of Medellín (Colombia), Daniel Quintero, stated that the circulation of gasoline vehicles will be limited from 2035.
