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The pace of electric vehicle development is accelerating globally. The Taiwanese government, which is known as a sustainable Taiwan and emphasizes the green economy, is faltering during this important period of change and may once again miss a great opportunity.
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk said on the previous “Battery Day” that he is expected to launch an electric car worth $ 25,000. As soon as the news broke, it immediately led the world’s electric car fans to wait. In particular, Taiwan has captured 75% of Tesla’s supply chain by virtue of its advantages in the automotive and communications components industry, demonstrating that we also have considerable competitive potential to capture the electric vehicle market.
However, the main reason for the emergence of the electric vehicle market is the growing awareness of international climate protection. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, the governments of several countries have made the development of electric vehicles with green energy the current trend.
On the other hand, in Taiwan, there are not only few electric cars for personal use on the streets, but also due to the double whammy of falling fuel prices and reducing subsidies this year, electric car sales they have fallen drastically compared to the same period last year. Many people can’t help but wonder, what is the electric car in Taiwan? How can I find a way to survive Or even form a national electric vehicle team to enter the international market?
It is obvious that the development trend of electric vehicles in the world is based on the relevant government policies. Taking Norway, Iceland, Sweden and other countries as an example, promoting the development of electric vehicles can be divided into “legal regulations”, “financial and tax incentives” and “promotion”. Four aspects of “education” and “green purchases”.
The legal aspect refers to orienting towards political objectives or taking appropriate actions through authorization or clear rules of conduct, such as the development of strict fuel efficiency standards and mandatory regulations for zero-emission vehicles. Tax and fiscal incentives involve reducing or exempting taxes or freeing up material resources to reward people and create markets.
Financial and tax aspects include: purchase subsidies, tax incentives for electric vehicles, subsidies for battery research, subsidies for home chargers or free public charging stations, and lower tolls or parking fees.
Advocacy and education use communication tools such as industry alliances, government advocacy, and initiatives to influence the electric vehicle value chain and promote related industries to find business opportunities from gaps in the new value chain. For example, through the sharing of urban electric vehicles, Improve local air pollution problems.
Green procurement means that the government uses its own power to achieve policy goals, purchase electric vehicles, and build public charging stations through public procurement procedures.
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Looking back, the electric vehicle policy is obviously repetitive, which violates the growth direction of the international market. In July 2018, the goal of a total ban on the sale of fuel vehicles by 2035 was originally set. However, after the Ministry of Transportation discussed with the top eight national locomotive dealers in 2019, the Executive Yuan ordered postpone it temporarily and announced that the Ministry of Transport would change to encourage electric vehicles. In August 2019, the Executive Yuan announced guidance on the improvement and transformation of the locomotive industry, adjusted the subsidy mechanism for electric vehicles and encouraged the use of household batteries to promote the parallel development of diesel locomotives and electric locomotives.
The above phenomenon not only delays the transition time, but also highlights the lack of an overall development policy framework for electric vehicles, future market capture targets, and the inability to actively address the disadvantages of electric vehicles in the market. Regarding the density of deployment, mode of operation and security regulations of private charging stations, incentives and security regulations for the installation of power equipment for electric vehicles in buildings, management of the supply chain of raw materials, integration of electric vehicles and smart grids, etc.
It is an international consensus to ban the sale of fuel vehicles. This is not only to reduce people’s concerns about cancer due to PM2.5, but also because of the problem of global warming. Many countries have announced a sales ban period and even ban diesel vehicles from main roads. Cambridge, UK, plans to achieve zero emissions by 2035 and is expected to become the world’s first zero-emissions city. Therefore, to promote the development of a friendly environment for electric vehicles, we can start with the amendment of the air pollution prevention and control law, the fuel efficiency standards of cars and motorcycles, and strengthen the inspection of fuel vehicles, and at least establish the main meaning of supporting electric vehicles.
Furthermore, if the policy can be multi-pronged, it will go a long way in promoting market transformation and achieving sustainable energy goals.
For consumers, promoting greater use of low-carbon vehicles and changing environmentally friendly mobility can at least bring health benefits. If we can integrate upstream and downstream supply chains through industrial alliances and actively seek cooperation opportunities with major foreign manufacturers to promote the development of the electric vehicle industry, the market competitiveness of the electric vehicle industry will also be achieved. . In addition, through the mandatory increase in public procurement of electric vehicle plans, or the gradual increase in the taxation of carbon-intensive fuels, the collection of tariffs in order to reflect the cost of pollution and the support to the transition to zero-emission transportation, I believe that electric vehicles can be achieved more quickly. The transformation of the automobile market and the production of important overlapping environmental and economic benefits.
The development of electric vehicles is an important trend for people’s health and environmental protection, and it has become a major trend in international modes of transport. Climate change is an urgent problem that must be solved, and Taiwan’s electric vehicle industry is competitive internationally and can simultaneously create environmental and economic benefits at the same time as this transformational opportunity. If we can seize the opportunity and if the company can transform itself into a sustainable company in the circular economy it depends on the awareness and methods of the government to actively solve the problems. Ten years later, Taiwan will not be able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the latter part of the world, and its economic competitiveness will be even more important. The impact on future children and grandchildren will be no less than the global impact of the epidemic this year.
(This article has been reprinted with permission from Green Academy, author Wen Liqi, and co-author Pan Junliang.)
(Source of the first image: Porsche)
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