Pioneering the transition to electric vehicles
Previously, most of the vehicles used for passenger transport by taxi in Nghe An used fossil fuels (vehicles using gasoline and oil). This not only increased service costs (due to complicated fluctuations in gasoline and oil prices), but also caused environmental pollution... Faced with this reality, Son Nam International Transport Company Limited (Mai Love) and GSM Green - Smart Mobility Joint Stock Company boldly invested and brought to the Nghe An market the first electric taxis to serve customers.
This event is the result of the implementation of the program to promote passenger transport businesses by bus and taxi to switch to electric cars by the Government , the province and the Transport sector (now the Construction sector).
Mr. Ho Quang Hieu - Deputy Director of MaiLove Taxi Company (Nghe An) said: “On January 19, 2024, for the first time in Nghe An, the unit put into operation 50 electric taxis to serve the travel needs of people in Vinh city, Dien Chau district, Quynh Luu district and Thai Hoa town. This is an important basis for the unit to continue investing in developing electric vehicles according to the roadmap and up to now, the unit has put into operation 340 electric vehicles in Nghe An and in the next 2 months, continue to invest in putting into operation 30 electric vehicles. Using electric cars as a means of business is a partial contribution of the enterprise to the success of the action program, green energy conversion of the Government, Nghe An province and the Transport sector (now the Construction sector)”.
Currently, in Nghe An, there are 17 passenger transport businesses by taxi with 1,398 vehicles and most of the units have developed plans and implemented a roadmap to switch to electric cars, so there are now a total of 430 electric taxis.
Conversion roadmap
Nghe An is one of the localities that strongly develops in the field of automobiles for passenger transport business by bus and fixed-route passenger transport vehicles within the province.
According to statistics from the Department of Construction, there are currently a total of 395 vehicles in the area, of which 193 buses (including 5 business units) are operating on 11 routes, including: 97 Dong Bac buses, 44 Thach Thanh buses, 38 Khanh Quynh buses, 12 Su Chuyen buses, and 2 Phuong Thao buses. Regarding fixed-route passenger transport within the province, there are 205 vehicles operating on 72 routes.
Pursuant to Decision No. 876/QD-TTg dated July 22, 2022 of the Prime Minister approving the Action Program on green energy conversion, carbon and methane emission reduction of the Transport sector; Direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha in Official Dispatch No. 8685/VPCP-CN dated November 25, 2024 of the Government Office to organize the implementation to ensure the completion of the goals and tasks of green energy conversion of the Transport sector in the period of 2025-2030 in the province. The Provincial People's Committee has issued Plan No. 336/KH-UBND dated May 9, 2025, on the conversion to electric cars for buses and intra-provincial passenger cars in the period of 2025-2030 in Nghe An.
Accordingly, the roadmap for switching to electric cars for passenger transport by bus is from 2025: 100% of buses will be replaced, newly invested in using electricity and green energy, and by the end of 2030, strive for at least 20% of buses operating in the province to use electricity and green energy. The roadmap for switching to electric cars for fixed-route passenger transport within the province is from 2025, encouraging fixed-route intra-provincial vehicles to replace, newly invested in and switch to using electricity and green energy. By the end of 2030, at least 10% of fixed-route intra-provincial vehicles operating in the province will use electricity and green energy.
To implement this, the province will coordinate with central ministries and branches to complete the legal system, mechanisms and policies to implement the conversion to electric cars. Apply policies to support, encourage and prioritize creating conditions for transport enterprises to invest in and convert vehicles using fossil fuels to electric cars (financial support when investing in purchasing vehicles, support for electric charging prices, priority on routes, operating areas, etc.).
Along with that, the province has assigned specific tasks to relevant departments, branches and units, such as: Department of Construction, Department of Industry and Trade, Department of Finance, Department of Science and Technology... in which, the Department of Construction is responsible for researching and advising on general policies and specific policies to promote bus and intra-provincial passenger transport enterprises to switch to electric cars; coordinate, monitor, guide and urge relevant departments, branches, agencies, units and localities in implementing the work contents of this plan to ensure synchronization and timeliness; periodically synthesize and advise the Provincial People's Committee to report on implementation results.
Preside over and coordinate with relevant departments, branches, units and localities to deploy and guide the implementation of relevant central mechanisms and policies to support and encourage investment; develop a communication plan and organize communication to people and businesses about the roadmap, policies and benefits of buses and intra-provincial passenger cars converting to electric cars.
In Nghe An, the Northeast bus currently has the largest number of vehicles (97 vehicles). Discussing this issue, Mr. Bui Ngoc Hoang - Director of the Northeast Trading and Construction Company in Nghe An said: "To implement the policy of converting to using electric cars for buses, the unit directly went to an electric car manufacturing enterprise at home and abroad to learn... Thereby, it is seen that the cost of buses is currently too high and businesses will have difficulties when investing in electric buses, especially for units operating a large number of vehicles and to create favorable conditions for conversion according to the province's roadmap, businesses really need support for loan capital and technical infrastructure development for electric buses".
The representative of Thach Thanh Company Limited shared: “The unit is planning and implementing a roadmap to gradually convert to using electric cars for buses and has also researched information and models of some electric bus products. However, the current selling price of electric buses is quite high, so when implementing the conversion, the enterprise really needs mechanisms and policies to support access to loan capital, investment incentives…”.
Most of the bus and fixed-route passenger transport businesses in the province are trying to learn about and approach electric vehicles, thereby gradually building an implementation roadmap, but the most worrying issue at present is the difficulty in finding initial investment capital when purchasing vehicles.
Discussing this issue, the representative of the Vehicle Management Department, Nghe An Department of Construction said: “Currently, the Department is coordinating with relevant levels and sectors to carry out the assigned tasks. Currently, the Department is consulting and submitting to relevant levels and sectors on the policy of supporting loan interest rates at credit institutions for investment projects to purchase buses - invest in building infrastructure to serve public passenger transport by bus in Nghe An province under the direction of the Provincial People's Committee...".
In the process of implementing the policy of switching to using electric cars for buses and passenger cars within the province in the period of 2025-2030, there are still many difficulties and problems that need to be removed and resolved, but with the attention and timely direction of the Provincial People's Committee, related departments and branches and the efforts of units and enterprises, Nghe An will certainly achieve the set goals.
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