Department of Construction: By 2030, 100% of Ho Chi Minh City buses will be electric and green energy

Informing the press, Mr. Ngo Hai Duong - Head of Road Transport Management Department (HCMC Department of Construction) said that up to now, the city's bus system has 138 routes with 2,221 vehicles participating in operation, including 19 electric bus routes (with 160 vehicles) and 18 bus routes using CNG gas (with 528 vehicles), accounting for 31% of the fleet of vehicles using electricity, clean fuel that is friendly to the environment.

Currently, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction has issued a roadmap for bus conversion in the city with the goal that by 2030, 100% of Ho Chi Minh City buses will use electricity and green energy. In addition, the Department has also issued support policies for businesses to convert buses to use electricity and green energy and support the construction of electric charging stations; and an investment roadmap for developing electric charging stations according to the bus conversion roadmap.

According to the representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction, the Department has been implementing green transformation work in transportation such as building norms and unit prices for electric buses; creating conditions and coordinating with units to develop charging station systems; putting into operation public bicycles, electric vehicles with engines; interoperable electronic ticket systems for public transportation, etc.

Mr. Le Thanh Hai - Director of Economic Application Consulting Center - Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies.

Meanwhile, Mr. Le Thanh Hai - Director of the Center for Economic Application Consulting - Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies said that the city is promoting a plan to convert 400,000 gasoline vehicles to electric vehicles for technology and delivery drivers.

According to Mr. Hai, converting technology motorbikes to electric vehicles is necessary and feasible, because this group of vehicles is one of the major sources of emissions in Ho Chi Minh City. Every day, each driver travels an average of more than 100 km with a working frequency of 8-12 hours, causing a very large amount of emissions. Converting this group of subjects to electric vehicles will bring about clear emission control effects.

The Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies completed the draft in June and submitted it to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee in July. "The conversion of technology motorbikes to electric vehicles is being vigorously implemented, with the expectation that in the next 2 years, about 80% of drivers will switch. Then, in the next 2-3 years, this rate will reach 100%," said Mr. Hai.

Previously, in 2023, the Institute for Development Studies surveyed more than 400 drivers of Grab, Be and Gojek. The results showed that with a distance of 100km/day, each driver spent from 70,000 - 100,000 VND on gasoline/day. Meanwhile, drivers using electric motorbikes (like Xanh SM) only spent about 20,000 VND on electricity/day.

Nha An

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