Gwangju City to Expand Electric Cargo Vehicle Distribution... Applications Accepted from the 14th

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 8th that it will additionally distribute electric cargo vehicles as the demand for purchasing domestically produced electric cargo vehicles increases.

Gwangju has been actively promoting the electric cargo vehicle distribution project to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gases, as 25% of fine dust is emitted from road mobile pollution sources, and 62% of road mobile pollution sources are cargo vehicles. This year, a total of 140 vehicles were supported in two rounds, in the first and second halves of the year.

This time, 40 vehicles will be supported, and the applicants must be residents of the Gwangju area for more than six months or companies and organizations with business sites located in the Gwangju area.

The electric cargo vehicle models eligible for support include 5 types of ultra-small, 1 type of light, and 4 types of small (1t), with subsidies ranging from 7.62 million KRW to 24 million KRW per electric cargo vehicle.

Citizens wishing to purchase can check the supported models on the Gwangju city website's notices and announcements, then visit the sales office of the electric vehicle manufacturer to sign a vehicle purchase contract, and apply through the purchase subsidy support system via the sales office from 9 a.m. on the 14th.

Electric vehicle purchasers who receive subsidies must comply with a mandatory operation period of two years according to Article 79-3, Paragraph 1 of the Enforcement Rules of the Air Quality Preservation Act.

Jung Dong-hoon, head of the Climate and Air Quality Division of the city, said, "The electric vehicle support project is a key task of the Gwangju-type AI-Green New Deal and a project for the future of Gwangju in terms of both environment and economy," and added, "We hope for active participation from citizens."

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