120 Electric Vehicle Charger Projects Selected... 15,665 Units Installed Nationwide

The government has decided to sequentially invest a budget of 130 billion KRW to establish 15,700 electric vehicle charging stations nationwide.

The Ministry of Environment announced on the 10th that it has selected 120 projects for the "1st Regional Zero-Emission Vehicle Transition Brand Project" to strategically install electric vehicle chargers linked to regional characteristics.

The Ministry of Environment selected the projects through a public contest held from February 9 to March 11 this year. Starting from the 14th, it plans to sequentially support the selected projects with a construction cost of 128.3 billion KRW.

The Regional Zero-Emission Vehicle Transition Brand Project is a Ministry of Environment-supported initiative that enables local governments, charging operators, and automobile manufacturers to build chargers in various project types by linking regional characteristics and electric vehicle distribution conditions.

The selected projects are as follows: Gyeonggi with 5,059 chargers (38.1 billion KRW), Gangwon with 2,829 chargers (10.6 billion KRW), Gyeongnam with 1,890 chargers (11.95 billion KRW), and Seoul with 1,453 chargers (8.79 billion KRW). Seoul will focus on commercial facilities, Gyeonggi on residential hubs such as apartments, and Gangwon on tourist sites.

By project type, there will be 13,002 chargers (78.3 billion KRW) at residential hubs such as apartment complexes and parking facilities; 535 chargers (14.6 billion KRW) at commercial vehicle hubs such as electric cargo trucks and taxis; 446 chargers (16.4 billion KRW) at transportation key points such as highway rest areas and gas stations; and 1,029 battery swap-type chargers for electric two-wheelers (10 billion KRW).

The Ministry of Environment plans to continuously manage the successful establishment of this project. It will operate an "Expert Post-Management Group" consisting of specialists in related fields and hold regional meetings to share construction status and gather opinions with local governments.

Park Yeon-jae, Director of Air Environment Policy at the Ministry of Environment, said, "The core to opening the era of zero-emission vehicle popularization is the establishment of charging infrastructure," adding, "We will create a convenient charging environment that users can feel and strive to revitalize the private charging market."

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