Although the figures that the country handles in the arrival of new clean energy vehicles are still very modest, it does not stop causing a ‘relief’ Observing that in the first month of the year, 10.61% of the 13,852 cars sold use less polluting fuels and are more efficient in their consumption.
As industry experts have been warning, Due to the profile of Colombia and its topography, the energy transition in vehicles will occur first with hybrids and in a later scenario with electric vehicles.
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In fact, in January of this year the 8.4% of the vehicles sold were hybrids, 1.3% were electric, the 0.96% they were cars dedicated to Vehicular Natural Gas and 0.02% were made up of vehicles with another type of fuel.
Only in 2022, 24,556 hybrid vehicles were placed with a growth of 50% compared to the same period in 2021. ANDthis over a total registered last year of 262,338 new vehicles, presenting a growth of 4.8%.
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In the case of Vehicular Natural Gas vehicles, the figures cannot reflect the entire national panorama because some are the vehicles that come out of the showcase as new dedicated to gas and another large percentage are those that are converted in the different cities of the country.
In fact, even brands like Renault They offer their customers the conversion to guarantee the kit and also prevent the vehicles from losing their warranty.
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But there are also several cities in the country that accept natural gas for vehicles as a cleaner fuel and the vehicles that use it do not have a peak and license plate restriction, as in Sabaneta, in the Aburrá Valley in Antioquia.
And although the figures for the cleanest energies are exciting, they deflate when you see that Colombia’s goal is reach 2035 with a fleet of 600,000 electric vehicles and last year, which was record numbers, only 3,278 units were sold and a growth of 146.7%sadness emerges when it is observed that it would take almost two centuries to reach 600,000 electrical units selling 3,278 units per year.
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And it would be 24 years if the electric ones were sold at the rate of sales of the hybrids last year of 24,556 units.
To achieve this goal, it would be necessary to sell 50,000 electric units per year in the next 12 years. Of course, in a market with the purchasing power of the country, just reaching 50% of the goal would already be a great advance.
CESAR GIRALDO
Sub-editor Portfolio
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