Public organisations in Korea can only purchase EVs and hybrids from now on

The South Korean government is switching up the rules yet again to speed up the process of zero-emisson car adoption. The new change will require Korea’s public organisations to purchase only electric vehicles (EV), hybrid, or fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) from now on.

The announcement came in a statement from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy on Tuesday. It added that the new requirement is necessary to create new demands.

The Korean government first introduced the rule that requires eco-friendly cars to make up 50 percent of the public organisation’s new car purchase back in 2016.

Two years later, the government revised the plan and required 70 percent of new car purchases by public organisations to encompass eco-friendly cars.

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This latest adjustment is the next step up in the country’s green energy drive vision. The country aims to have eco-friendly cars make up 30 percent of the total registered automobiles by 2030.

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What next for Korea? Yonhap news agency reports that the government is looking into introducing a new requirement that will see compulsory adoption of green cars by major car buyers in the country like rental car operators and conglomerates.

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