During recent years, world rankings indicate that our country, and especially our city of Limeis one of the most polluted in Latin America. This has motivated our union to make proposals to reduce environmental pollution in our country. In this sense, in 2021 we proposed the implementation of the National Electromobility Plan, a document that presents three axes to develop the electric mobility in our country.
The first axis proposes establishing enabling conditions, that is, working within an adequate regulatory framework. To do this, it is necessary to approve a National Electromobility Plan where the necessary policies are established to achieve the massification of electric and hybrid vehicles in the country. Likewise, the creation of a technical commission, an observatory and a national fund to promote electromobility is proposed. It is also proposed to update national regulations on vehicles, running plates, vehicle technical inspections and scrap metal, as well as regulate the final disposal of electric vehicle batteries.
The second axis proposes establishing operational incentives. To achieve this, massive public transportation systems for people and the urban distribution of goods with electric buses and trucks must be promoted. In addition, public charging systems must be implemented, such as electric stations, charging points in new buildings, parking lots with chargers on public roads and in shopping centers. It is also proposed to establish a differentiated electricity rate from midnight to six in the morning, known as the supervalley rate, and special rates for SOAT, vehicle insurance, tolls and technical vehicle inspections.
In the third axis, tax incentives must be established to promote electromobility in our country. To this end, our union proposes a reduction of VAT to 0% for the next 10 years for electric vehicles, their chargers and batteries. For plug-in hybrid vehicles, a reduction in VAT to 0% for the first five years and to 9% for the next five years and, for non-plug-in hybrid vehicles, we propose a reduction in VAT to 9% for the next five years.
Finally, the industry linked to electromobility must be promoted (manufacturing of small electric vehicles, assembly of electric buses, manufacturing of intermediate goods for power batteries, etc.), to this end programs must be promoted to co-finance business innovation, productive development and entrepreneurship projects linked to electromobility. Innovation and development (R&D) is key to the development of electric mobility in the country.
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