Jinju-si Receives 650 Applications for First Phase of This Year's Eco-Friendly Vehicle Distribution Project

Applications for the first batch of 2,430 units this year start from the 16th

Jinju City will begin distributing eco-friendly electric vehicles for this year.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, has started accepting applications from the 16th for the first batch of 650 electric vehicles in the 2022 electric vehicle distribution project to reduce fine dust and improve air quality.

The city plans to support 2,430 vehicles with a budget of 34 billion KRW this year and announced that the first batch of 650 vehicles (300 passenger cars, 350 cargo vehicles) distribution project will begin on the 16th.

For electric passenger cars, up to 13 million KRW (based on individual passenger cars) is supported, and for electric cargo vehicles, up to 20 million KRW (based on small vehicles) is supported, with differential payments depending on the vehicle type.

Applicants must be citizens aged 18 or older who have had their address in Jinju City for more than 90 days as of the application date, or corporations, public institutions, and local public enterprises with business sites in Jinju City.

Priority distribution is given to vulnerable groups (persons with disabilities, basic livelihood security recipients, veterans and independence activists), families with multiple children, first-time vehicle buyers, and those purchasing vehicles with high fine dust reduction effects (replacing diesel vehicles with electric vehicles).

In particular, this year, 30 vehicles are preferentially allocated to taxis, which have longer driving distances than general passenger cars and thus have a greater greenhouse gas reduction effect, and an additional subsidy of 3 million KRW is provided.

Citizens wishing to purchase electric vehicles can fill out the purchase support application form and submit the documents to the car dealership.

Jinju City distributed about 1,300 electric vehicles and 93 hydrogen vehicles last year and introduced 12 vehicles for the first time, accelerating the transition to eco-friendly future vehicles.

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