CHILE TO BAN MOST NON-ELECTRIC VEHICLES FROM 2035

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Sun 17 October 2021:

The Chilean government announced Friday as part of its National Electromobility Strategy. Chile will ban sales of most internal combustion vehicles in support of electric vehicles starting in 2035, 

Under the new electric transport strategy, 100pc of sales of light and medium vehicles, public transport — including most buses and taxis — and heavy trucks — including mining trucks — will be zero emission vehicles.

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“Today is a historic day for Chile. We have a new electromobility strategy, which allows us to accelerate our goals and align ourselves with international standards,” Chile’s Minister of Energy and Mining Juan Carlos Jobet told local media.

“We will improve Chileans’ quality of life, contribute to our industries’ competitiveness, and provide a clean and optimal electrical grid for the development of electromobility,” Jobet said.

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Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Gloria Hutt said that the development of electromobility “is key to advancing toward more sustainable cities, where public transport plays a fundamental role.”

In 2040, 100pc of sales of smaller trucks in the construction, agricultural and forestry sectors will be zero emissions. And in 2045, 100pc of cargo transport and inter-urban buses will be zero emissions.

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“We have been promoting this revolutionary change and that is why about 1,000 electric buses will be incorporated into the (Santiago) metropolitan public transit system, bringing the total to over 1,700 buses in circulation,” Hutt said, adding that electric buses will also be introduced in other regions of the country.

Transportation accounts for more than a third of Chile’s energy consumption, with fossil fuels accounting for nearly all of it.

According to Chile’s national automotive chamber (Anac), Chileans purchased 386 zero and low-emissions vehicles in September, up by 310.6pc from the same month of 2020.

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