The Ministry of Environment is promoting measures to simultaneously implement the obligatory sales system for electric cars and the green car co-payment system from 2019. The government plans to achieve a sales of 350,000 electric vehicles by 2022 and to implement concrete electric vehicle distribution plans to realize innovation growth.

The government is expected to finalize the road map and system restructuring plan for the expansion of electric vehicles at the beginning of December, The government will allocate the obligatory sales volume of electric cars to auto companies in order to induce the sale of electric cars, and will discuss with the ministries the plans for expanding and reorganizing the low carbon cooperation system, which was suspended until 2020, have. The eco-friendly car subsidy system grants subsidies to consumers who purchase eco-friendly cars by paying the burden on consumers who buy cars with excessive dust. The Ministry of Environment plans to embed subsidies and subsidies in the green car subsidy system in the near future.

The Ministry of Environment is in the position to pursue both the obligatory sales system for electric cars and the green car co-payment system, while the Ministry of Industry and Commerce argues that it is desirable to implement only one system to avoid duplication of regulations. It is expected that strong government measures will be introduced to force the distribution of electric cars in the year even if the two systems are concurrently operated or the one is compressed by coordination between the ministries. Next year, it will begin mandatory sales of electric cars in 2019, as we have decided to subsidize electric vehicles in a way that differentiates subsidies according to the mileage and mileage of electric cars. The Korean government plans to promote eco-friendly cars through the obligatory sales system of electric cars, and to promote electric cars as a future growth engine industry in connection with the government`s national innovation project.

Meanwhile, the automobile industry is strongly opposed to saying, "Even if any policy, such as an obligatory sales system for electric vehicles or a system for cooperating with green cars, is enforced, it will lead to worse competitiveness of the domestic automobile industry. If the mandatory sales system is implemented in a situation where the charging infrastructure is insufficient, it will lead to the weakening of the overall automobile industry.

An industry expert said, "Korean market car sales are stagnant, while import car market encroachment is expanding." With the introduction of eco-friendly cooperative bond system, sales of domestic and large cars will be hit hard by the burden. "

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