Although not recommended, motorcycles are still a popular mode of transport in urban areas – Photo: TTD
Tuoi Tre newspaper readers opinion also said that if there is support for electric motorbikes, we also expect to reduce 2/3 of the current traffic basic limits.
In the near future, we still need motorcycles
Speaking to Tuoy Tre, Dr. Ngo Tri Long, former director of the Institute of Price Market Research (Ministry of Finance), emphasized that the mode of transport in Vietnam is very diverse, the number of motorbikes in circulation is large, so the quantity The emissions are also huge.
We are advocating for emissions testing of gasoline-powered motorbikes in circulation, so it is no longer appropriate to focus on incentives to buy and use electric cars.
According to Mr. Long, the characteristics of Vietnam are very different from other countries. There are about 70 million gasoline-powered motorbikes in circulation across the country, the number of people using motorbikes many times more than those using cars.
Therefore, although the number of electric motorbikes and electric motorcycles in circulation at present is very small, the demand for use in the coming years is very high, so it is important to pay attention to the incentives for both electric motorbike buyers to encourage people to use Is necessary. Rather than just incentives for electric car buyers.
Explaining that the Ministry of Transport only proposed incentives for buyers of electric cars, Mr. Vu Van Trung, Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Consumer Protection Association, said that the policy on car use has many problems with motorbikes, many cities There is a proposal to limit the use of motorbikes in the central area, this may be the reason for the proposal.
Trung said, according to the development trend, more and more people will use electric cars than electric motorbikes because we are encouraging people to limit the usage of motorbikes.
Electric vehicle market has great potential
Mr Hoang Manh Tan – Deputy General Director of Son Ha Group – shared the water tank manufacturing company’s strengths, but “encroached” on the electric motorbike segment as it realized the huge potential.
Motorcycle consumption in Vietnam still tops the world, but most gasoline motorcycles end up in foreign hands. To win back the market, Mr. Tan believes that electric vehicles in general and electric motorcycles in particular still have great opportunities when Vietnamese enterprises take the lead in investment and production.
According to Mr Tan, to spur the trend of converting petrol cars to electric motorbikes, businesses need supportive policies. Compared with electric cars, businesses in the electric motorcycle industry are “disadvantaged” in promotional policies, almost none. Meanwhile, Indonesia supports the cost of people converting petrol motorcycles to electric cars.
Similar to China, some cities have banned the use of petrol motorbikes, supporting a range of options for people to switch to electric motorbikes.
“I know that in some provinces, the company supports 7.8 million VND/unit for executives, staff and employees, in order to help customers access and use the electric motorbike” – said Mr. Tan.
Lan (Ha Dinh Street, Hanoi) recently bought an electric motorbike for her daughter to ride to school every day, and explains that with her current income, the couple will need several months of savings to raise enough money to buy the car. Will also have to do it. ,
“There are also many types of electric motorbikes, a good electric motorbike costs the same as a gasoline motorbike,” Lan said.
Similarly, Mr Nvit – an office worker in Hanoi for many years – said that in the context of the pandemic, the company cut his salary, forcing him to sell his gasoline-powered motorbike and buy an electric motorbike to save on fuel costs. Had to happen Petrol Monthly.
Mr. Nvt said that with office workers’ salaries at 12-15 million VND/month, buying an electric car to commute to work every day is beyond the ability for most office workers to pay, even supporting also with. how much more
Therefore, while there are not many means of public transportation and it is not convenient to go to work, buying and using an electric motorbike to go to work every day is still chosen by many people, Mr. NVT said.
