Colombia set the goal of reaching the year 2030 with 600 thousand clean energy vehiclesbetween hybrids, electric and the new ones that arise, although the goal is laudable, the truth is that it would be necessary to sell an average of 70,000 units per year to achieve it.
Last year, adding hybrids and electrics, 17,685 units were sold and in the first semester 13,767 units were already placed, according to Andemos.
(Companies that reduce the carbon footprint).
In a total market of 265,000 units (expected for 2022), the number of clean energy cars is still low. Industry experts, summoned by Andemos to the forum on Energy Transitionagree in affirming that the country should expand the mechanisms to massify new technologies in mobility and generate greater spaces for the renovation of the park.
(Audi will bring more than 10 electric models in three years.)
So believe the representatives of Jaguar Land Rover, Alain Geoffrey; of Motorysa, Marco Pastrana; from Derco, Juan Diego Umaña, and from Porsche Colombia, Juan Felipe Bedoya.
In the best of cases, at the end of the year, the country will need 560,000 clean energy cars and seven years to achieve the goal.
Recognizing that the country has started the renewal process well, they believe that it is time to seek New strategies, how to reduce the age of the automobile fleet, today the average is 17 years, for this reason they suggest accelerating scrapping. But in addition, businessmen indicate that procedures should be simplified and scrapping extended to all types of vehicles.
The president of Andemos, Oliverio García, points out that in the case of Colombia, the government of President Duque leaves an advanced regulatory system and a starting point in many aspects for the new administration that begins in August. “Of course there is still a long way to go, since building a public policy according to the needs of the country is a process with ups and downs,” he notes.
Among the formulas proposed by the sector is the consideration of more audacious measures such as vehicles that repeatedly arrive at mechanical technical reviews and do not pass them are candidates to leave the market.
They also contemplate that in order to achieve emission reductions, the country must consider the more aggressive use of biofuels, and they cite the case of Brazil with alcohol. Thus, the emissions of grams per kilometer traveled would drop exponentially, they point out.
They also explain that the most important thing is to have clear and stable policies, because of
For example, today there is still no resolution that establishes the number of import quotas for hybrid vehicles in the remainder of the year and by 2023 there are only quotas for 3,000 units, with which they affirm “we will never reach 2030 with 600 thousand units.
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