ARGENTINA TAKES FIRST STEPS TO SPUR ELECTRIC CAR SALES
May 1st, 2017
Argentina’s electric car market is poised to take off this year as tax cuts and the installation of charging points spur consumer demand. This month (May), the government slashed import taxes on electric vehicles (EVs), and it’s “working on plans so that the infrastructure for these cars is in place,” Guillermo Dietrich, the national minister of transportation, told wardsauto.
Effective May 12, importers can bring into Argentina electric, hybrid and hydrogen passenger cars weighing 400 kilograms (881 pounds) or more and light commercial vehicles of 550 ...
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