National agency pitched to advance electromobility in Peru

The creation of a national electromobility agency will be crucial to incorporate electric vehicles in Peru, according to local market executive Adolfo Rojas. 

Rojas, advisory council president of the country’s electric vehicle business development and promotion association AEDiVE, made the comment during Prensa Grupo’s ElectroTransporte online event. 

Agency participants would include public institutions, industry groups, associations, academia, and cooperation funds, he said. 

A broader package of economic incentives will also be fundamental, from tax breaks to preferential insurance, added Rojas, who highlighted the opportunities from the build-out of electromobility for domestic industry, such as development of lithium batteries. 

Another key driver will be the implementation of charging infrastructure, said Rojas, who announced that AEDiVE is drafting a related national expansion plan with highway concessionaires, power distributors and companies interested in installing such infrastructure that will be released in two months. 

The energy and mines ministry recently released a draft decree to approve the regulation for the installation and operation of electromobility charging infrastructure. 

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In addition, Rojas called on the government to better define targets established in an electromobility decree published last year that envisions that 5% of light vehicles and buses operating in the country run on electricity. 

COLOMBIA EXAMPLE 

David Caro, public relations and business transformation manager at Toyota Peru, said government support is paramount to accelerate electromobility.

He pointed to growth in Colombia driven by a drop in the import tax on electric vehicles to 5% from 35% as well as the sales tax, which fell to 5% from 19%, along with unrestricted circulation.

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