Thursday, May 19, 2011

The ICA calls for incentives for electric car

At its annual meeting in progress in Estoril, Portugal, representatives of the International Automobile Federation and the Automobile Club of Europe, Africa and Middle East have talked about electric cars. Vice President Enrico Gelpi, at the same time also chairman of the ICA, at the opening of Congress spent very clear words to that effect: "The ICA and automobile clubs in other countries want the European institutions to work together to create a framework integrated reference to facilitate the circulation of the electric car, capable to meet the daily requirement of mobility in urban areas while protecting the environment.

" The representatives in attendance approved a joint document calling for the Commission in Brussels and other EU institutions to promote policies to encourage private sustainable mobility, consisting of vehicles designed with green technologies in particular provide the vehicles for public transportation and distribution of goods especially in urban environments.

"Given that today the transport sector still depends on oil for 96%, the Fed believes that the electric car is the most effective - and readily available - to move to low cost and with a limited impact on the environment" has added. It 'was then denounced the fact that these vehicles have yet to purchase prices are too high and can not yet take advantage of a network of capillary refill and European level.

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