Car owners in Kazakhstan are not yet ready to transition to
electric cars. This is the opinion of Eduard Edokov, the head of the
Independent Automobile Union of Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports.
"There are innovators and there are followers. The
Europeans, for example, are the innovators. They are increasingly using new
technologies. To them a car is a vehicle. To us (Kazakhstanis) – it is a
measure of one’s wealth, an object we want to be proud of and show it off.
Electromobile, if it is not a Tesla, more often than not is but a means of
transportation, and is [a result of] a rational approach. In my view, there are
still many factors in Kazakhstan that do not allow electromobiles to roll onto
the Kazakh roads," Edokov said.
Another important point, impeding the development of
sustainable transport in Kazakhstan is the lack of infrastructure. This,
according to Edokov, is the task for the government to deal with.
"It is also necessary to cancel the import duty on
electric and hybrid vehicles. We need mechanisms that would make drivers
interested in buying such vehicles. (...) It will be necessary to resolve the
issue with electric charging stations, the speed with which electric cars will
be charged, the issue of their operation in low temperatures, the question of
disposing batteries and so on," he said.
see in : Electrocars in Kazakhstan
Inc News, 10/11/2014
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