Chilean Government considers fuel economy policy outcome of GFEI case study project 

16/12/2011 

 
 

This week sees an inter-ministerial Conference on Clean Vehicles in Santiago, Chile, organised by the Environmental Ministry and the GFEI. This is a national conference, where the Environmental Ministry will present the general strategy for sustainable transport in Chile, and the GFEI, together with ICCT, will present the GFEI case study results: an environmental assessment of the Chilean car market and a proposal of fiscal policy for the incentives of cleaner vehicles. These studies have been developed in close collaboration with the Chilean Government and other key stakeholders. The participants will be officers of the Chilean Transport Ministry, Environmental Ministry, Energy Ministry and Finance Ministry and professionals from different stakeholders in transport.
  
The Environmental Ministry have already accepted the GFEI fee-bate proposal and have committed to present it to Congress as a law project for clean vehicles incentives in March 2012 using GFEI recommendations.

To download the document 'Incentives For Cleaner Vehicles And Fuel Economy For The Vehicle Fleet Of Chile' please click here.