Contact with the mobility electric It is becoming more and more common in the country’s main cities. Cars are often seen on the streets electrical and charging stations in shopping malls and businesses, ignoring that this market faces major challenges.
Although the park vehicular electric has grown considerably in recent years, it is still far from meeting the state objectives for the sector. The National Strategic Plan for Electric Mobility sets the ambitious goal of having at least 606,000 vehicles circulating in the country by 2030 vehicles electricalbut reality is far from the goal.
At the end of 2023, when there were seven years left to reach the goal, the Dominican Republic had some 17,542 units of vehicles electricalaccording to the records of import of the General Directorate of Customs.
According to experts in the field, the reality that stops the mobility electric It is the lack of knowledge of the population about this transportation alternative and the high acquisition cost that it represents for drivers.
Edwin MartÃnez, president of the Dominican Association of Electric Mobility (Asomoedo), highlights that, although there are issues at the state level that can be improved to promote the massification of proposals for mobility sustainable, the main gap that must be overcome is the lack of information.
“There are so many virtues and goodness behind that (the mobility electric) which, I reiterate: the biggest obstacle is in the decision of the consumer“, he says.
Oscar San MartÃn, general manager of the transport company Evergo Holdings, tells Diario Libre that the costs remain a problem for the consumers finals.
“Although they are entering the market more affordable and competitive brands, the most recognized and reliable models are still priced significantly higher than the vehicles of combustionwhich remains a barrier for many potential buyers,” he says.
He explains that, although Law 103-13 offers a 50% reduction in taxes, taxes of import and the first plate for vehicles electricalsales taxes and others costs associated with this process remain high, limiting the real benefit to the buyer.
A sedan electric From 2017, new, four-cylinder and with a maximum speed of 178 kilometers per hour, it can cost 1,008,900 pesos in the market local; instead, a car combustion With the same conditions it would cost around 745,000 pesos.
An SUV electricfrom 2024, with a dual engine, with a power of 230 and a range of 440 kilometers per hour, is around 4,012,000 pesos, while its counterpart from combustion (of the same brand and similar specifications) has a value of 3,121,100 pesos.
A hatchback electricfrom 2017, with a 650 cubic centimeter engine, can represent an investment of 1,534,000 pesos. However, a subcompact SUV from the same year and from the same automaker costs close to 630,000 pesos.
The goals national
The National Strategic Plan of Electric Mobility establishes a series of goals to boost the sector and reduce dependence on vehicles of combustion.
These purposes are grouped into four axes that concentrate the aspirations of the legal system that governs the matter and the actions to promote the adoption of the park. vehicular electric and attract investments in the infrastructure of burden.
In the case of penetration of these vehicles in it marketThe plan is rolled out in two ambitious key phases with targets over the next six and 26 years.
By 2030, the goals include that:
? 30% of the fleet of vehicles for official use, (cars, vans and motorcycles) electricThis translates into the incorporation of 60,000 vehicles four-wheelers and 145,000 electric motorcycles in this sector.
? 10% of the park vehicular of the private sector is composed of vehicles electricalwhich would involve the integration of 180,000 units.
? 5% of the national motorcycle fleet (167,000 units) is electric.
? 30% of public buses are electricwhich would be equivalent to 37,000 units.
To support this transition, the creation of a infrastructure of burden robust, with 14,000 stations burden distributed throughout the country.
By 2050, 100% of the world’s population is expected to be fleets of vehicles for official use electric and 70% in the private sector, totaling 2.5 million vehicles.
The aim is to ensure that 35% of motorcycles are used, which represents some 2.5 million units. Public transport should also have a 100% bus fleet. electricreaching 208,000.
To support this vast fleet electricthe infrastructure of burden should be significantly expanded to reach 150,000 stations burden.
How feasible is it to buy a vehicle electric?
Despite the costsaccording to research, the investment of opting for vehicles electrical it is more profitable over time.
According to the study Total cost of ownership of electric and gasoline vehicles in US citiesfrom the University of Michigan, despite their higher initial cost, these become more economical in the long term compared to the vehicles of gasoline.
The results showed that the vehicles electrical are more competitive in costs In most cases and the costs operating costs are reduced by up to $26,000 over their useful life.
Asomoedo believes that the importance of mobility electric and educating the consumers endings to overcome biases or fears related to this topic.
San MartÃn and MartÃnez agree that the future of the mobility electric in the country is promising, with the expansion of the infrastructure of burden and collaboration between the private and public sectors, to promote innovation and improve the competitiveness of the market.
