Algeria accelerates development of electric vehicles
China Energy Storage News: Algeria's National Electricity and Natural Gas Company has announced that the construction of four electric vehicle charging stations in the country has been completed and charging services will be officially provided at the end of this month. Algeria's Energy Newspaper commented that the completion of the four charging stations marks the accelerated implementation of Algeria's electric vehicle development program.
Just completed charging stations distributed in Algeria along the east-west highway in four provinces, east-west highway is the country's busiest east-west transportation artery. Algeria's national electricity and gas company spokesman Khalili Houdana told reporters that the company will also build 200 to 300 charging stations in the country in the near future. Algeria's Ministry of Energy and Mining announced in February last year to start the construction of electric vehicle charging station program, ready to establish 1,000 charging stations in the country.
According to statistics, Algeria's domestic car ownership of more than 6.5 million. In order to reduce automobile exhaust pollution and accelerate the energy transition, the Algerian government 2021 formulated a development plan for electric vehicles, striving to gradually popularize electric vehicles by 2030. Subsequently, the Algerian government announced the procurement of 5,000 electric vehicles and put them on the market. In early July this year, the first batch of imported electric cars arrived in the country. In order to accelerate the implementation of the plan, the government introduced a series of incentives. For example, the provisions of the annual automobile dealers need to import electric cars accounted for 15% of the total sales of automobiles; imports of electric cars can enjoy up to 80% tariff-free concessions.
Localized production of electric vehicles is an important goal put forward by the Algerian government. In recent years, Algerian domestic research institutions to actively promote the research and development of electric vehicles. In April this year, the Algerian Industrial Technology Research Center showed the first locally manufactured electric car style. Among them, the body and power battery part has been manufactured, controller and motor part is being manufactured. It is reported that the maximum speed of the car can reach 80 kilometers per hour.
The Algerian government continues to increase the promotion and publicity of electric vehicles, and has achieved certain results. According to a market survey done by an Algerian oil company not long ago, about 45% of local drivers are willing to buy electric cars. Algeria vehicle manufacturing and new car dealers committee head Mohamed Jaberi said, electric vehicles as a new means of transportation has become the world trend, Algeria is following this development trend, the next 10 years, Algeria in the manufacture of electric vehicles will make positive progress.
In the process of developing the electric car industry, Algeria attaches importance to strengthening cooperation with Chinese enterprises. "Algeria has a large market potential, and establishing cooperation with Chinese companies will help Algeria become an African center for electric vehicle production and manufacturing." Adel Sassi, president of the Algerian Machinery Association, said. Algeria's Orient newspaper commented that Chinese-made electric vehicles have a growing market share in Africa, and the cake is getting bigger and bigger, providing the necessary technical and product support for Africa's electrification transition.
