Spain will support up to 7,000 € per unit to drive the electric vehicle
| Date: March 30, 2010 | Source: Reuters |
| Category: Economy | |
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The government will invest 590 million euros over two years to promote electric vehicles in Spain, aid can reach the 7,000 per unit in the case of automobiles.
This investment was announced by Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, Deputy Prime Minister after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, in which the Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, presented the Comprehensive Plan for the electric vehicle, whose draft has been Efe access, which provides, inter alia, a specific electricity tariff to encourage its use.
The Plan establishes a strategy that presents a target for the year 2014 of 250,000 electric vehicles or plug part of the Spanish fleet, of which some 2,000 are already this year, according to Fernandez de la Vega. To these must be added another 750,000 hybrids to reach the target figure of one million.
To achieve the goal, the Plan includes a range of measures to stimulate demand, promote investment and development of this industry and also deploy the infrastructure to recharge with points in several Spanish cities.
The measures include a series of programs based horizontal communication activities and strategic marketing, business law and legal barriers and removal of specific and specialized training.
Fernandez de la Vega said that "our bet is decided by a future technology sector," while renewable energy commitment and caring environment.
The reference of the Cabinet minister explained that Sebastian has exposed the Government this Plan, which includes performances produced by the Executive from the key issues discussed at meetings of the working group comprising representatives of the public sector and the scope private in the Ministry of Industry.
From the energy perspective, electric vehicles encourages the use of renewable energy and serves as a backup, it is a way to make their production more manageable (allowed to accumulate energy in peak hours and use it during rush hour), while makes possible a lowering of costs, since it takes advantage of the infrastructure and electrical generating capacity unused in peak hours.
Finally, the electric vehicle CO2-and is more efficient from an energy standpoint, so that its introduction into savings of energy and other environmental advantages, while its implantation technology presents an opportunity in regard to development software to recharge batteries and the development of smart grid "smart grid".
The Comprehensive Plan Promote Electric Vehicle is a product of the memorandum signed by all attending the Summit of the Electric Vehicle November 2009, which stipulated the creation of a working group comprising representatives of the business sectors involved in the electric car and the public sector for its development.
In this group have participated 29 companies (twelve of automobile, electric six, three oil companies, three building, three of electronics, a renewable energy, a consultancy) and eight associations (three in the energy sector, two sector car, one of "renting" a garage and ICT).
They have also served on two public bodies (IDEA and FITSA), six ministries (Industry, Tourism and Trade, Science and Invocation, Development, Interior, Treasury, Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, and President of the Government), and Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces and autonomous regions through the so-called Board of Directors General of Industry.
